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  How to

  How to stay in touch with employees on adoption leave

  Practical guidance on staying in touch with employees on adoption leave, including what is "reasonable contact"; pre-adoption leave interviews; discussing the return to work; and redundancy or reorganisation.

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  How to

  How to ensure employees' smooth reintroduction to the workplace on their return from adoption leave

  Practical guidance on ensuring employees' smooth reintroduction to the workplace on their return from adoption leave.

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  FAQs

  Can an employee vary the start date of adoption leave?

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  FAQs

  Where an employee has given notice to vary the start date of their adoption leave, how should the employer respond?

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  FAQs

  What notice and evidence is an employee required to provide to take statutory adoption leave in relation to a child adopted from within the UK?

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  FAQs

  What notice and evidence is an employee required to provide to receive statutory adoption pay in relation to a child adopted from within the UK?

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  FAQs

  Does an employee due to take paid statutory adoption leave in relation to a child adopted from within the UK still qualify for adoption pay if the employee leaves the employment before the leave is due to start?

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  FAQs

  How should an employer respond to an employee's notice of intention to take statutory adoption leave?

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  FAQs

  What are the possible consequences where an employer fails to confirm the end date of an employee's statutory adoption leave?

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  FAQs

  Is an employee who intends to return early from adoption leave required to give notice of this?