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How Many Hours Can Pregnant Women Work by Law?

  • Legally, pregnant women can continue to work the average 40 hours a week or the hours that they were working previously. However, a pregnant employee must only continue to work these hours if it is safe to do so, physically and emotionally. If a pregnant employee can’t continue to perform their role safely, then their hours could be reduced or changes must be made.
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VinciWorks

March 31, 2022

How Long is Maternity Leave?

  • Pregnant employees in the UK who meet the requirements will be entitled to 52 weeks of maternity leave in total. Contractual maternity schemes will offer employees more maternity leave than the statutory amount. Therefore, knowing how much maternity leave you are entitled to is important.
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VinciWorks

March 31, 2022

How Does Maternity Leave and Maternity Pay Work?

  • In the UK, maternity leave and maternity pay are statutory, and therefore if you qualify to receive this, your employer is legally required to pay you the specific amount and allow you the specific amount of time off. Therefore, it is important to understand what you are entitled to regarding your maternity leave and maternity pay.
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VinciWorks

March 31, 2022

How do I Conduct a Risk Assessment for Pregnant Workers?

  • A risk assessment is a health and safety obligation for UK employers to ensure their workplace is a safe area to work. Once an employee informs an employer that they are pregnant, a risk assessment must be conducted again to ensure that there are no additional hazards present which could affect the pregnant employee.
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VinciWorks

March 31, 2022

Do I Have to Tell my Employer if I am Pregnant?

  • You legally must tell your employer that you are pregnant by the 15th week before your due date. If you would like to tell your employer earlier than this, you can. It is important to know how to tell your employer about your pregnancy properly, to ensure all health and safety steps are carried out.
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VinciWorks

March 31, 2022

Can I Reduce my Hours if I am Pregnant?

  • You can certainly reduce the hours which you work during pregnancy and when you return to work after maternity leave. However, this might affect your maternity pay. Understanding the health benefits from working reduced hours and what this means to your pay is important.
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VinciWorks

March 31, 2022

Can I Breastfeed at Work?

  • If you wish to breastfeed as a new mother you have the right to do so safely in your workplace. Your employer has a legal obligation to provide “suitable facilities” for new and expectant mothers in the workplace. Therefore, it is important to know your rights regarding breastfeeding in the workplace.
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VinciWorks

March 31, 2022
  • AML, AML compliance

Leading law firms meet up at AML core group to discuss best practices, hear Jonathan Grimes and more

This past Thursday, October 23, Vinciworks held another in its successful series of AML core group meetings hosted

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Naomi Grossman

Compliance alert: Do not use AI browsers

AI browsers such as ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity’s Comet, and Gemini-enabled Chrome are being promoted as smarter, faster ways

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Nick Henderson

  • AML, Legal Compliance Suite, Omnitrack

AML Core Group meeting: What the End of SRA AML supervision could mean for law firms

At this quarter’s VinciWorks AML Core Group meeting, our bringing together of UK legal professionals and compliance experts

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Naomi Grossman

  • AML, AML Australia training, Tranche 2

Tranche 2 and the legal sector: Ready or not, AML is coming

It’s no exaggeration to say that Australia’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Act 2024, the Tranche 2

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Naomi Grossman

From the SRA to the FCA: What the transition to the Single Professional Services Supervisor means for your firm

The UK’s anti-money laundering landscape is undergoing its biggest change in a decade. On 21 October 2025, the

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Nick Henderson

Fake cases, real costs: Law firm penalised for AI-generated citations

A UK law firm has been ordered to pay wasted costs after submitting an application that cited two

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Sara Henna Dahan

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  • Compliance, Compliance Software, Data Protection, Legal Compliance Suite, LegalTech, Risk Management

Cultural resistance and cost are constraining compliance innovation in the legal sector

A VinciWorks survey conducted at LegalGeek 2025 reveals that cultural resistance and cost are the most significant barriers

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Asha Purohit

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  • Compliance, Compliance Training, eLearning, policy, resources

Resource Hub: Hundreds of VinciWorks compliance resources in one place

Running an effective compliance programme shouldn’t mean scrambling for content, drafting endless policies, or struggling to reach hybrid

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Leigh Otto

  • AML, AML compliance, AML for law firms

A £17K wake-up call: What one Northwich law firm’s AML failure teaches the rest of us

Sometimes the most telling compliance stories are not about scandal but about silence.   That was the case

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Naomi Grossman

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