Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety: newsletter 55

A short guide to maternity and paternity legislation in the UK, and the benefits of being a modern, inclusive employer.

Past President, Brian Clancy, calls on all parties to adopt the definitions set out in the Institution's authoritative guide to subsidence.

This month's letters include memories of working with Alistair Day and using his dynamic relaxation method, methods of maintaining lateral stability in houses, together with the continuing debate on subsidence versus settlement among other topics.