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Know Your Rights: Parental leave

Know Your Rights: Parental leave

PFEW Equality Lead Ian Saunders highlights how police officers can use parental leave and how it works. 13 March 2024Parental leave is a benefit available to all police officers, but few make use of it. I suspect the main reason for this is it is unpaid leave – a...

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Mental Health Awareness Week: support is available

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Today (Monday 9 May) marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK and this year the focus is on raising awareness of the impact of loneliness.Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs until Sunday (15 May), is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation which...

Ben Fund Membership Amnesty

Ben Fund Membership Amnesty

The Ben Fund offers a membership amnesty until JuneThe Ben Fund is offering an amnesty for those serving and retired officers who are not currently members. This will allow people to sign up and access services immediately rather than wait 12 months.For further...

Successful PFEW legal action holds IOPC to account

Successful PFEW legal action holds IOPC to account

Successful PFEW legal action holds IOPC to accountSix police officers who endured unfairly long misconduct investigations have received substantial compensation and a formal letter of apology following a successful legal challenge by the Police Federation of England...