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PARENTAL LEAVE

At some point during the life cycle of your business it is likely that one or more of your employees will need to take leave because they have become parents. This section of the website provides an explanation of parental leave.

Parental leave is the right for parents to take time off work to look after a child or make arrangements for the child's welfare. Parents can use it to spend more time with children and strike a better balance between their work and family commitments.

Who can take parental leave?
Parental leave is available to employees who have, or expect to have, parental responsibility for a child. To be eligible, employees generally have to have one year's continuous service with their current employer. However, special rules apply for parents of children born, or placed for adoption, before 14 December 1999. They will be eligible for parental leave from their current employer if they completed one year's continuous service with another employer between 15 December 1998 and 9 January 2002.

How long does parental leave last?
Employees get 13 weeks in total for each child. Parents of disabled children get 18 weeks in total.

Employees will be able to take parental leave in short or long blocks depending on what has been agreed where they work, (for the purposes of parental leave a "disabled child" is one for whom an award of disability living allowance has been made).

Where can I get further information about parental leave?
More detailed information on parental leave is available on the Department of Trade and Industry’s website (http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/parental.htm)

If you would like to download this document please click on one of the links below:

Parental Leave (Word Document 105Kb)
Parental Leave (PDF Document 114Kb)

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Parental leave is the right for parents to take time off work to look after a child or make arrangement for a child’s welfare.

Parents can use it to spend more time with children and get a better work-life balance