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* Acas guidance on shared parental leave
Susan [email protected]
What is Shared Parental Leave?
• New statutory entitlement for employed parents• Created from untaken maternity leave and
pay/allowance if mother chooses to take less than her full entitlement
• Replaces additional paternity leave and pay• Up to 50 weeks of leave and 37 weeks of pay (per
couple)• Must be taken before child’s first birthday• Flexible – can be stopped and started again• Each employee needs to qualify in their own right• If both parents qualify can share the leave/pay• Parents can be at home together or stagger their leave
2 weeks’
paternity
3 weeks’ SPL3 weeks’
ShPP
26 weeks’ maternity
SPL & ShPP
begins
Mum maternity leave
Mum SPL & ShPP
Partner SPL & ShPP
SPLIT
SPLIT
Partner paternity leave
9 weeks’ SPL 9 weeks’ ShPP
6 weeks’ SPL1 week’s ShPP
SPLIT
Overview of SPL entitlements
Purpose of the Acas guidance
Guidance not Code of Practice
Encourages good practice for employees in notifying
Encourages good practice for employers in responding
The 4 key elements
Contents of the Acas guidance
• Introduction to SPL & ShPP
• Shared Parental Leave: Steps for an employee
• Shared Parental Leave: Steps for an employer
• Considerations during Shared Parental Leave
• Other key considerations
• Further advice and support
Step 1: Discuss intentions
• To let employees know about their options
• To find out about their intentions
• To determine entitlement• To keep dialogue open• But NOT to reach an
agreement….. yet
Step 2: Prepare and plan
Consider the impact on
• The employee• Their colleagues• The work• The business
Step 3: Discuss the notification
• To discuss the details• To consider all points of
view • To agree a pattern(s) of
leave• But bear in mind that
things may change
Step 4: Confirm decision
• Unconditionally accept a leave notification
• Confirm an agreed modification to a leave notification
• Refuse a notification (discontinuous leave only)
• What happens if you make no response to a leave notification?
Key issues from customers
• Qualifying for SPL
• Discontinuous requests
• Declaration notices
• Enhanced Shared Parental Leave and Pay schemes
Shared parental
leave
Flexible working
Maternity, paternity & adoption
rights
Acas training courses
Further support
in-company training
bespoke solutions
e-learning
mediationAcas websitewww.acas.org.uk/spl early
conciliation
Acas helpline0300 123 1100