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Becoming a parent been employed by the company for at
When you are pregnant you will least one year. Parental Leave consists
be entitled to take up to 52 weeks of 18 weeks’ unpaid leave for each child
maternity leave if you want to, born or adopted, taken at any time up
irrespective of your length of service to the child’s eighteenth birthday. Up
or the number of hours you work each to four weeks’ parental leave can be Your Personal stu
week. If you have sufficient service and taken in respect of each child, each
earnings you may also be eligible for year, in blocks of one week or more. We accept no responsibility for loss,
statutory maternity pay for 39 weeks. We need at least 21 days notice of your damage or theft of your personal
Parallel arrangements are available if intention to take parental leave. belongings from the office premises.
you are expecting to adopt. Policies around parenting are Personal items of clothing should be
complex, so when these become hung in the designated areas and
Statutory paternity leave and pay relevant to you please let us know and valuables should be kept safe.
is available for a maximum of two we can explain more.
weeks’ leave following the birth of a Please refer to the family policies The way we communicate
child, taken in order to support the Maternity – HRP031 At Identify Group we recognise
mother or care for the new child. To Paternity – HRP033 the importance of communication,
qualify you must have worked for the Adoption – HRP034 information and engagement.
company for at least 26 weeks by the Shared Parental Leave HRP069 Good communication improves
end of the 15th week before the baby organisational and individual
is expected. It can be taken as a single Need some flexibility performance and supports the
week or two consecutive weeks. decision-making process.
When you have at least 26 weeks
You may be also be entitled to shared service with the company you can The main form of communicating key
parental leave which is designed make a formal written request for issues that affect you directly is face-
to give parents / adopters more flexible working arrangements to-face. The Group will use other
flexibility in how to share the care of Should you wish to apply, you should methods, such as electronic media,
their child in the first year following a let us know and we will ensure you to inform you and to supplement
birth or adoption. If you are eligible know what information we will a f a f - o t - e c e c c o m m u c i n o i t a . n
you can share up to 50 weeks leave, need to assess your request. Please
and can decide to be off work at the note that only one such request may Communication is a two-way process
same time and/or take it in turns to be made in any 12 month period. and your views are valued and will
have periods of leave to look after the Flexible working is not an automatic be encouraged and acted upon where
child. or statutory entitlement, and any such possible.
An employee who has or expects to request will be dependent on whether In order to develop and support a
have responsibility for a child is also it is viable for the business. culture of effective communication,
entitled to take unpaid parental leave here are some of the ways we
to care for that child. To be eligible communicate.
to take parental leave, you must have
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