Adoption leave and adoption pay

New and updated

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  Letters and forms

  Letter asking employee on adoption leave to work keeping-in-touch day

  A model letter to request that an employee work during their adoption leave on a keeping-in-touch day.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter responding to employee's request to work keeping-in-touch day during adoption leave

  A model letter to respond to an employee's request to work during their adoption leave on a keeping-in-touch day.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Form for employee to provide notice that they wish to return to work early from adoption leave

  A model form to allow an employee to notify your organisation that they wish to return to work before the expiry of their adoption leave period.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter informing employee who wishes to return to work early from adoption leave that they have provided insufficient notice

  A model letter to inform an employee who wishes to return to work before the expiry of their full adoption leave period that they have provided insufficient notice.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Form for employee to elect to receive statutory adoption pay not statutory paternity pay

  A model form to provide an employee with the means of declaring that they have chosen to receive statutory adoption pay and not statutory paternity pay (adoption) in relation to an adopted child.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter asking employee for evidence of eligibility for adoption leave (and pay)

  A model letter to respond to an employee's written request to take a period of adoption leave (and pay) to confirm eligibility.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where a couple are adopting a child can they both take statutory adoption leave?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where an employee is adopting two children, will they be entitled to two periods of adoption leave?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer contact an employee on adoption leave to ask if and when they intend to return to work?

• Type:

  FAQs

  For how long is statutory adoption pay payable?