Employment law - Work and parents

Parental bereavement leave and pay formTo take leave, the employee must simply notify you of the date of the child's death, when they want leave to start and whether that leave will be one or two weeks, and they can do this verbally. However, to recei... Read more

Acknowledgement of single period of SPL If an eligible employee has requested a single, continuous period of shared parental leave (SPL), they're entitled to take that leave on the dates they have notified. Use our acknowledgement letter to set out th... Read more

Change of adoption leave requestEmployees who are proposing to adopt a child and who have selected an adoption leave start date have the statutory right to subsequently vary their selected date.A change of dateIf, having given you notification of the... Read more

Pregnancy-related absence formIf an employee is absent wholly or partly because of pregnancy in the four weeks before her expected week of childbirth, she must notify you of this as soon as is reasonably practicable.  Automatic triggerEmployees can... Read more

Letter triggering maternity leave due to absence for pregnancy-related reasonsIf a pregnant employee is absent from work wholly or partly because of pregnancy after the beginning of the fourth week before her expected week of childbirth, her maternit... Read more

Adoption leave request formBoth male and female employees are entitled to take adoption leave and may be entitled to statutory adoption pay where they adopt a new child. However, only one partner is eligible to take adoption leave and they must provi... Read more

Acknowledgement of notification of adoption leave letterYou must formally respond in writing to an employee who has notified an intention to take adoption leave. If you fail to do so, you can't complain if the employee then returns early from adoption... Read more

Period of leave notice for shared parental leaveAn employee must give not less than eight weeks' written notice of each block of shared parental leave (SPL) they intend to take by submitting a period of leave notice for shared parental leave.Notice re... Read more

Maternity leave planFemale employees are entitled to take maternity leave and may be entitled to statutory maternity pay where they are expecting a child, provided they comply with important notification requirements.Maternity leave entitlementFemale... Read more

Variation of maternity leave requestAn employee can vary her chosen maternity leave start date, but she must give at least 28 days' notice. You can require any notice to change the start date to be in writing, so provide our form for this purpose.All ... Read more