Employment law - Work and parents

Job vacancy letter during parent-related leaveEnsure that you notify all employees who are absent on parent-related leave of any internal job vacancies that might arise within your business and give them the opportunity to apply. Our letter ensures y... Read more

Failure to return from maternity leave letterIf an employee who has been on maternity leave fails to report for work on her due date of return, use our failure to return from maternity leave letter to try and establish what the position is. Never be ... Read more

Declaration of consent and entitlement to SPLOur declaration of consent and entitlement to SPL is for use where the mother or primary adopter doesn't initially intend to take any SPL and instead they propose to transfer the full balance of their mater... Read more

Notice of entitlement to SPL - mother or adopterBoth parents or adopters must submit a notice of entitlement to each of their respective employers to indicate they plan to opt in to the shared parental leave (SPL) scheme. This is a complicated form r... Read more

Notice of entitlement to SPL - father or partnerBoth parents or adopters must submit a notice of entitlement to each of their respective employers to indicate they plan to opt in to the shared parental leave (SPL) scheme. This is a complicated form r... Read more

Refusal of a parental leave requestIf a parental leave request has not been made correctly in accordance with the statutory provisions, it can be refused.Request refusedIf you receive a parental leave request and it's not been made correctly, you can ... Read more

Acknowledgement of discontinuous periods of SPL Unlike a request for a single period of shared parental leave (SPL), you don't have to agree to a request for discontinuous SPL. In this scenario, there's a two-week discussion period during which you can... Read more

Letter refusing discontinuous periods of SPLIf you refuse an employee's request for discontinuous shared parental leave (SPL), the default position is that they are then entitled to take the total amount of SPL requested as a continuous block. However... Read more

Parental leave policyIf you don't set out your own agreed procedure for dealing with parental leave, the statutory default procedure will apply. Our policy statement complies with the statutory provisions because you'll probably find that the statutory... Read more

SMP ineligibility letterA small number of pregnant employees will not be entitled to statutory maternity pay (SMP) during their maternity leave either because of their short service or their low average weekly earnings. To cover those cases, use our ... Read more