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Work out your Statutory Adoption Leave dates - Ordinary and Additional Adoption Leave period, notice period and earliest start date
This is a technical guide for employers to consider when implementing policies on shared parental leave and pay.
Legal rights for pregnant employees - including paid time off for antenatal appointments, maternity leave and pay, protection against discrimination and telling the employer about the pregnancy.
Use the online form (previously form SC5) if you're adopting a child from abroad and need to apply for Statutory Paternity Pay or paternity leave.
Find forms and guidance for Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave for employers and employees.
Employer guide to Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, proof of adoption, recover statutory pay
Includes career breaks and the holiday entitlement calculator
A toolkit to help manage parental leave in a team, covering the run up to the period of leave, the time away and return to work.
If you are a civil servant considering taking shared parental leave, this guidance will give you a better understanding of the options available to you.
Use this guidance if your payroll software or Basic PAYE tool does not calculate your employees' payments.
What to do when paying maternity pay if an employee leaves, becomes sick, dies, or is awarded a pay rise.
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Find forms and guidance for Maternity, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave and pay.
The Shared Parental Leave (SPL) evaluation report assesses whether the implementation of Shared Parental Leave achieved its original objectives.
Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
What to do when an employee leaves, is reinstated, has a break in employment, works for someone else, is sick or goes abroad.
Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1
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