Family-friendly rights and support

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  FAQs

  Can an employer refuse an employee's request to take shared parental leave or require them to take it at a different time?

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  FAQs

  Can employees take paternity leave as well as shared parental leave?

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  FAQs

  Can both parents take shared parental leave at the same time?

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  FAQs

  Does an employee have the right to return to the same job after taking a period of shared parental leave?

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  FAQs

  How does shared parental leave operate?

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  FAQs

  When will the mother of a child be eligible to take shared parental leave?

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  FAQs

  When will the father of a child, or the partner of a child's mother, be eligible to take shared parental leave?

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  FAQs

  Can employees on shared parental leave take keeping-in-touch days?

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  Letters and forms

  Letter responding to employee not returning to work after maternity leave

  A model letter to respond to an employee entitled to maternity leave where they have advised that they do not intend to return to work after maternity leave.

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  Interactive flowcharts

  Pregnancy and maternity: Assess the risks to a pregnant employee

  Use this pregnancy and maternity flowchart when an employee informs you that they are pregnant.