Employment law - Work and parents
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Shared parental leave and pay policyOur policy statement sets out the statutory rules relating to shared parental leave and pay. It ensures employees fully understand their rights, as well as their obligations, in relation to ending their maternity o... Read more
05 Jan 2024
Maternity policyOur policy statement sets out the statutory rules relating to maternity leave and pay. It ensures employees fully understand their rights and entitlements, as well as their obligations in relation to notifying you of their pregnancy, ... Read more
05 Jan 2024
Adoption leave and pay policyTaking time off for adoption leave is still a relatively rare occurrence but it's worth having a policy to let employees know their entitlements. In most cases, this will be by reference to the statutory rights.Adoption le... Read more
05 Jan 2024
Return from maternity leave letterAll pregnant employees have the right to take up to 26 weeks' ordinary maternity leave and up to a further 26 weeks' additional maternity leave and to resume work afterwards. An employee who decides to return at the en... Read more
27 Dec 2023
Letter confirming entitlement to SPLFollowing receipt of a notice of entitlement to shared parental leave, it's worth writing to the employee to confirm their entitlement and to outline the legal position if they wish to vary how much leave they inten... Read more
08 Dec 2023
Antenatal appointment request formAll pregnant employees have a statutory right to take time off work to attend antenatal appointments. You can provide our form for them to complete when they want to take such time off.Legal positionThe legislation p... Read more
08 Sep 2023
Letter inviting employee to attend a SPLIT dayEmployees are permitted to work for occasional days during their shared parental leave (SPL) - these are called "shared parental leave in touch" (SPLIT) days. An employee is under no obligation to attend a ... Read more
24 Jul 2023
Reply to keeping in touch day requestIf an employee asks to work a "keeping in touch" day during their maternity or adoption leave, you can either agree to their request or decline it; it's entirely your choice and our letter covers both options. Statut... Read more
14 Apr 2023
Response to antenatal appointment companion requestEligible employees have the statutory right to take time off work to accompany a pregnant woman to up to two antenatal appointments. Where an employee has submitted a request for time off, use our le... Read more
07 Feb 2023
Response to disrupted adoption leave noticeWhere an employee has given you notice that their adoption leave has been disrupted, you can use our letter to respond to them to let them know what happens now as regards their adoption leave.Disruption of ... Read more
13 Jan 2023
