A second webinar on the topic, which includes a section on discontinuous shared parental leave, takes place on 4 November 2014 – register here to reserve your place. Shared parental leave is aimed at giving parents more flexibility over how they share childcare between them during the first year. The questions featured here were raised by the audience in Personnel Today’s first shared parental leave webinar this summer. They are not intended either as a substitute for professional advice or judgment or to provide legal or other advice with respect to particular circumstances. HR Director Personnel Today has launched a new email newsletter for 2020, focusing on all aspects of diversity and inclusion. Please press Ctrl/Command + D to add a bookmark manually. Form 2 - University Employee Continuous Shared Parental Leave Request Form. More information on what constitutes discontinuous shared parental leave is available here. And because the employee has the right to submit up to three notices of leave, he or she can submit one notice of leave for a few weeks in May, another notice for some time in July, and another one for time off in November. Shared Parental Leave templates. Payroll Which then begs the question, if the employee can circumvent an employer’s “ban” on discontinuous periods of leave, would the employer not be better off permitting period of leave notices for discontinuous leave in the first place, therefore reducing the amount of to-ing and fro-ing? Thank you Margaret. Cookies policy Cookies policy If the employee does not choose, the start date automatically defaults to the date the requested discontinuous leave would have first started. Some employers may even actively discourage requests for blocks of discontinuous leave, by stating in shared parental leave policies that employees cannot request blocks of discontinuous leave. Employee Benefits Connect Use this model HR letter to confirm a request for a continuous period of shared parental leave. When an employee gives the employer notice of a period of leave, he or she can request, with at least 8 weeks’ written notice before the start date of the leave, either a single block or discontinuous periods of leave. HR Business Partner However (given the correct notice), a request for 3 weeks leave in January would have to be agreed. Advertising specifications All leave must be taken before the child's first birthday, or before the first anniversary of the adoption placement. RSS feeds Training A possible reason behind this lack of preparedness is an element of fear around the well-documented complexity of the regulations – that leave can be taken in discontinuous blocks, for example, or that mothers and fathers can take leave concurrently. Occupational Health 1 0 obj
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If an employee submits a notice requesting discontinuous leave over three periods (which must be taken in blocks of a week or more), the employer can refuse the employee’s request. A more flexible approach may be easier to manage, as shared parental leave can be agreed outside of key projects and busier periods of work and, by encouraging a dialogue, the employer will be better placed to plan any arrangements and can even get much longer notice than the minimum 8 weeks; If the employee does not withdraw the request, the discontinuous leave notification automatically defaults to a period of continuous leave. It is good practice for employees and employers to do this before formal notices to book leave are given. <>
XpertHR is part of the LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Group portfolio of brands. The total amount of leave must be taken as one continuous block unless the employee, by the 15th day after the original date, withdraw his notice and submit a new request.