Shared parental leave and shared parental pay

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Shared parental leave policy (birth)

  We have added a new employee-friendly version of this policy alongside the existing standard version. The employee-friendly version uses a more employee-focused tone and style, allowing employers to choose the version that best reflects their culture and communication preferences.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Shared parental leave policy (adoption)

  We have added a new employee-friendly version of this policy alongside the existing standard version. The employee-friendly version uses a more employee-focused tone and style, allowing employers to choose the version that best reflects their culture and communication preferences.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Shared parental pay: records and recovery

  This guide sets out the record-keeping requirements for statutory shared parental pay, the sums employers may recover in respect of this pay and the penalties for failures under the statutory shared parental pay scheme.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Shared parental pay: UK adoption

  This guide explains the entitlement of adoptive parents to statutory shared parental pay while on shared parental leave in a UK adoption situation.

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  Employment law guide

  Shared parental pay: adoption from overseas

  This guide explains the entitlement of adoptive parents to statutory shared parental pay while on shared parental leave in an overseas adoption situation.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Shared parental leave: employee rights and protections

  This guide explains the rights and protections of employees before, during and after shared parental leave, including the application of terms and conditions during shared parental leave and the right to return after shared parental leave.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Shared parental leave: adoption from overseas

  This guide explains the statutory entitlement of adoptive parents to take shared parental leave in an overseas adoption situation.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Shared parental leave: UK adoption

  This guide explains the statutory entitlement of adoptive parents to take shared parental leave in a UK adoption situation.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Redundancy protection: pregnancy and family leave - protected periods

  Updated to set out the protected period for employees on bereaved partner’s paternity leave.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Types of family leave

  Updated to include new details on bereaved partner's paternity leave.