Adoption leave and adoption pay

New and updated

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with employees on adoption leave, or who are adopting a child, in a redundancy situation

  Updated to reflect that the Maternity Leave, Adoption Leave and Shared Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024, which will extend redundancy protection to employees returning from adoption leave, are in force from 6 April 2024.

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with the holiday entitlement of an employee taking adoption leave

  Updated to reflect legislation in force from 1 January 2024 confirming that annual leave that cannot be taken due to adoption leave can be carried forward.

• Date:

  13 January 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment law 2023: six key tasks for HR

  We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year.

• Date:

  6 December 2022

  Type:

  News

  Statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates to increase 10% in 2023

  The 2023/24 rates for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay have been set by the Department for Work and Pensions.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Statutory maternity pay and other family-related statutory pay rates increase

  The weekly rates of statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay, statutory shared parental pay and statutory parental bereavement pay increase.

• Type:

  Editor's choice

  Check out our meeting/hearing checklists for HR/line managers

  Our popular Policies and documents tool includes a selection of checklists to assist HR and line managers when holding some common meetings or hearings related to a number of key workplace processes.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Statutory maternity pay and other family-related statutory pay rates increase

  The weekly rates of statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay, statutory adoption pay, statutory shared parental pay and statutory parental bereavement pay increase.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  No sex discrimination when pay enhanced during adoption but not shared parental leave

  In Price v Powys County Council, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that an employment tribunal was entitled to reject a male employee's sex discrimination claim against an employer that enhances adoption pay but not shared parental pay.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter responding to employee who has notified intention to take adoption leave

  A model letter to respond to an employee who has notified an intention to take statutory adoption leave (and pay), confirming that the employee is entitled to the leave (and pay) requested.

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  Interactive flowcharts

  Adoption: Handle an adoption leave and pay request (UK adoption situation)

  Use this adoption flowchart when an employee informs you that they have been matched with a child for adoption.