Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week and this year's theme of community, host Ellie Gelder is joined by Rebecca Norris and Camilla Wells, co-founders of Trauma Informed Law, an organisation which offers specialist support for trauma, burnout and overwhelm in the legal sector.

In part 1, we discuss:

• Terminology and language to describe trauma;
• The various ways that trauma shows up in the legal world, from clients, to witnesses, to colleagues and other lawyers;
• How to spot the signs of trauma;
• The neuroscience behind stress and distress;
• Vicarious trauma; and
• How trauma affects people at different stages of their career.

Join us for part 2 next time when Rebecca and Camilla will explain how organisations can implement a trauma-informed work culture.

To access further support on mental health, you may wish to visit the Samaritans, Mind, or Rethink. Or you can use the text service from Shout on 85258.

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Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.

In the second part of our series on the new statutory right to neonatal care leave, which came into force on 6 April 2025, host Ellie Gelder is joined once again by Joanna Holford, senior associate, from our employment, engagement and equality team, and Catriona Ogilvy, founder and chair of charity The Smallest Things.

Catriona and her team have worked tirelessly to campaign for better support for employees whose babies require neonatal care, while Joanna is frequently advising employer clients on all family-related rights.

In part 2, we discuss:

• How to communicate with employees during neonatal care leave;
• Ongoing challenges for parents beyond their return to work;
• Interaction of neonatal care leave with other forms of family-friendly leave;
• Scenarios not covered by the new legislation; and
• Practical considerations, including amending internal policies, providing line manager training, and offering effective support.

Listen to our previous conversation here: Neonatal care leave (Part 1): What is the new right, who is eligible, and does the law go far enough?.

For in-depth information and support, please visit The Smallest Things or Working Families, the UK's national charity for working parents and carers.

* Please note these podcasts will not run on Internet Explorer

We hope you enjoyed this episode. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to stay up to date with all the latest episodes.

All information is correct at the time of recording. The Work Couch is not a substitute for legal advice.

References

Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025

Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025

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Welcome to The Work Couch, the podcast where we discuss all things employment.

In the first part of our series on the new statutory right to neonatal care leave, which comes into force on 6 April 2025, host Ellie Gelder is joined by Joanna Holford, senior associate, from our employment, engagement and equality team, and Catriona Ogilvy, founder and chair of charity The Smallest Things.

Catriona and her team have worked tirelessly to campaign for better support for employees whose babies require neonatal care, while Joanna is frequently advising employer clients on all family-related rights.

We discuss:

· Catriona's own lived experience of having a baby in neonatal care and why the law needed to change;

· Who is eligible for neonatal care leave and how neonatal care is defined by the legislation;

· The timing of neonatal care leave and an explanation of "Tier 1" and "Tier 2" leave;

· Pay during neonatal care leave and eligibility requirements;

· How partners may use neonatal care leave in addition to other forms of family-friendly leave; and

· Whether the new legislation goes far enough in supporting people.

Join us for part 2 next time when we'll discuss the practicalities of implementing neonatal care leave.

For in-depth information and support, please visit The Smallest Things or Working Families, the UK's national charity for working parents and carers.

* Please note these podcasts will not run on Internet Explorer

We hope you enjoyed this episode. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to stay up to date with all the latest episodes.

All information is correct at the time of recording. The Work Couch is not a substitute for legal advice.

References

Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025

Neonatal Care Leave and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2025

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.