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Shared parental leave and pay: employers' technical guide

This is a technical guide for employers to consider when implementing policies on shared parental leave and pay.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published:
18 September 2014
Last updated:
17 September 2026
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  1. Guidance updated with details of current levels of statutory parental payments. Some references to COVID-19 removed. HTML version of PDF added.

  2. Guidance updated to show how earnings are calculated for family-related statutory payments for people who have been furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

  3. Updated the 5th bullet on page 40.

  4. Updated guidance to include additional Q&A on early births and the interaction between shared parental leave and pay and sick leave.

  5. First published.

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Shared parental leave and pay: employers’ technical guide to shared parental leave and pay (PDF version)

PDF, 557 KB, 59 pages

Shared parental leave and pay: employers’ technical guide to shared parental leave and pay (HTML version)

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This technical guide for employers adds to the information in the main shared parental leave guide.

It covers some of the more technical aspects of the scheme. For example, what happens if the mother changes her mind about opting into shared parental leave. Most employers won’t encounter these sort of issues but will still need to consider them when developing and implementing their policies.

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