Page 6 - Employee Handbook

Annual Leave 41
Pensions 41

Keeping in Touch During APL 41
Returning to Work 42
Time off for Antenatal Appointments Policy 43
Time off if you are Pregnant 43
Time off for Accompanying a Pregnant Woman 43
Adoption Leave Policy 44
Shared Parental Leave Policy 44
Policy Statement 44
Definitions 44
What is Shared Parental Leave? 45
Entitlement to SPL 45
Opting in to Shared Parental Leave and Pay 46
Ending your Maternity or Adoption Leave 47
Ending your Partner’s Maternity or Adoption Leave or Pay 48
Evidence of Entitlement 48
Booking your SPL Dates 49
Procedure for Requesting Split Periods of SPL 49
Changing the Dates or Cancelling your SPL 50
Other Terms during Shared Parental Leave 50
Keeping in Touch 51

Returning to Work 51
Time off for Dependants Policy 52
The Right to Reasonable Unpaid Time off 52
Exercising the Right to Time off 53
Flexible Working Policy 54
Policy Statement 54
Scope and Purpose of the Policy 54
Forms of Flexible Working 54

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