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Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency official Parental Leave policy and procedures.
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal care or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy.
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and splitting blocks of leave
You and your partner may be able to get Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and…
To be eligible for Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared…
You can share up to 50 weeks of leave and up to 37 weeks of pay between…
You can only start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) or Shared Parental Pay…
You can book up to 3 separate blocks of Shared Parental Leave (SPL)…
To get Shared Parental Leave (SPL) or Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) you must:…
Government review of the parental leave and pay system in Great Britain, co-led by the Department for Business and Trade and the Department for Work and Pensions.
Your employee can take Shared Parental Leave (SPL) if they're eligible and they or their partner ends their maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL, splitting blocks of leave and record keeping
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods, postponing leave
Impact assessments and analytical documents relating to the Employment Rights Bill.
Find out about how recent changes announced have an impact on Employment Related Securities and what this means for you.
Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
Statistics relating to separated families and their child maintenance arrangements.
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