Shared parental leave and shared parental pay

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter asking employee on shared parental leave to work shared-parental-leave-in-touch (SPLIT) day

  A model HR letter to request that an employee work during shared parental leave on a shared-parental-leave-in-touch (SPLIT) day.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter responding to employee's request to work shared-parental-leave-in-touch (SPLIT) day

  A model HR letter to respond to an employee's request to work during shared parental leave on a shared-parental-leave-in-touch (SPLIT) day.

• Date:

  5 October 2016

  Type:

  Law reports

  Sex discrimination: £28,321 award over Network Rail's policy on enhanced shared parental pay

  An employment tribunal in Scotland has awarded £28,321 to a Network Rail employee over his employer's policy of giving a period of full pay to mothers and primary adopters on shared parental leave, but paying only statutory shared parental pay to partners and secondary adopters.

• Date:

  2 June 2016

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Enhanced pay key to shared parental leave take-up

  Employers that enhance shared parental pay are twice as likely to receive shared parental leave requests as those that offer the statutory rate, according to research released by XpertHR Benchmarking.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter informing employee made redundant during shared parental leave that no suitable alternative vacancy exists

  Updated to include information on the Government's proposals to extend redundancy protection for employees after shared parental leave.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter confirming to employee made redundant during shared parental leave that they have accepted suitable alternative vacancy

  Updated to include information on the Government's proposals to extend redundancy protection for employees after shared parental leave.

• Type:

  FAQs

  How does the death of one partner affect the entitlement of the other to shared parental leave?

• Type:

  FAQs

  How is an employee's entitlement to shared parental leave affected if their child dies?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employee convert their maternity leave to shared parental leave even if their partner does not take any shared parental leave?

• Type:

  Tasks

  Advise an employee on qualifying criteria for statutory shared parental pay