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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Alan Jones

New rights for working families with babies in neonatal care

A neonatal Nurse cares for a premature baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre. - (PA Archive)

Thousands of working families with babies in neonatal care will be entitled to additional time off as a day one right under moves confirmed by the Government on Monday.

Ministers said they wanted to tackle difficulties parents face when their baby is in neonatal care such as having to return to work.

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