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Use form SC3 if you're an employee, become a birth parent and need to apply to your employer for Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) and Leave.
What to do when paying maternity pay if an employee leaves, becomes sick, dies, or is awarded a pay rise.
Employer and employee guide to unpaid carer’s leave - who can take it, how long for, when can employers postpone or delay.
Find out what you need to do when an employee leaves, becomes sick, dies, or if the child is born early or dies.
Find forms and guidance for Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave for employers and employees.
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
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.
Employer guide to Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, proof of adoption, recover statutory pay
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.
Use this guidance if your payroll software or Basic PAYE tool does not calculate your employees' payments.
Action to take when paying Adoption Pay in certain circumstances, including employee becomes sick, leaves, dies, is awarded a pay rise, or the child dies.
Holiday entitlement or annual leave - information for employers and workers on entitlement, calculating leave, taking leave, accruing leave and disputes
Use the online form (previously form SC4) if you’re adopting a child and need to apply for Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave.
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.
Work out your Statutory Adoption Leave dates - Ordinary and Additional Adoption Leave period, notice period and earliest start date
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.
List of statutory pay guides for employers and employees.
Indefinite leave to remain ('settlement') if you have a partner, parent, child or relative in the UK - fees, who's eligible, how to apply.
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