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What’s new in Astute LXP – May 28th 2026 update (v3.5.3)

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How can you Identify a Potential Hazard before it becomes an Issue?

The UK health and safety legislation states that a risk assessment is a legal duty for an employer, and this appropriately identifies hazards in the workplace. Therefore, employers must be trained and aware of how to conduct risk assessments.

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What Facilities do Employers Need to Provide for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Mothers?

The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 state that legally employers have a responsibility to provide “suitable facilities” to new and expectant mothers in the workplace. Certain workplaces will be more accommodating to their pregnant employees than others, therefore it is important to understand what you are entitled to as a new or expectant mother.

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What Benefits am I Entitled to if I Don’t Return to Work After Maternity Leave?

Some parents will decide not to return to work after maternity leave, and therefore it is important to understand how this will affect your maternity pay and your benefits. If you received statutory maternity pay or contractual maternity pay, then whether you have to pay your money back will differ.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Remote working and online safety

Remote working has many benefits, it’s flexible, cost-effective on the commute, and can reduce stress levels and sick

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How do I get next level ROI on my training investment?

In this video, our Learning Design Director, Stacey, demonstrates how implementing an adaptive learning program facilitates next level

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Hybrid working: reduce the risk of cyber attacks

The rise of remote working since the Covid-19 pandemic has seen cybercrime skyrocket, with opportunist criminals targeting employees

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Compliance 101 Podcast Series, Episode 4: Risk assessing bribery

At the heart of any anti-bribery programme is a risk assessment. Like any other risk assessment, the specific

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Regulatory Agenda for April 2022

To help businesses keep track of updates in UK legislation and policies, VinciWorks regularly publishes a regulatory update.

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Using microlearning to support ongoing training

Listen to our Quality Assurance Specialist, Ryan, as he describes how to get the best out of your

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8 Health and Safety rules your business could be breaking

In the wake of Covid 19, understanding best practices for health and safety has never been more important

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Special podcast episode: How the sanctions on Russia affect compliance

Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine at the end of February, the west has imposed significant sanctions

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How does eLearning align with our business goals?

It’s a question you might have asked yourself before: ‘what does regulatory training have to do with my

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