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Adoption

An employee who adopts a child through an approved adoption agency is entitled to up to 52 weeks’ adoption leave from day one of his or her employment.

Shared parental leave enables adopters to commit to ending their adoption leave and pay at a future date, and to share the untaken balance of leave and pay as shared parental leave and pay with their partner. Shared parental leave is available in relation to employees having a child placed for adoption with them on or after 5 April 2015.


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    Why parental leave policies should be used to attract the best candidates

    by Christine Caffrey 18 Feb 2022
    by Christine Caffrey 18 Feb 2022

    Statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay are only available to employees with six months’ service. This is dissuading prospective parents from changing jobs.

    • Social mobility
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    • Parental bereavement leave

    John Lewis Partnership equalises maternity and paternity leave

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jun 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Jun 2021

    John Lewis Partnership has unveiled a raft of family-friendly benefits and policies to improve inclusion.

    • Gender pay gap
    • Adoption
    • National living wage

    April 2021 employment law changes: five things for HR to do

    by Stephen Simpson 6 Apr 2021
    by Stephen Simpson 6 Apr 2021

    An annual update on the changes to employment law that are happening in April 2021 – IR35, national living wage, statutory pay rates...

    • Adoption
    • Parental bereavement leave
    • Shared parental leave

    April 2021 statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates published

    by XpertHR 8 Dec 2020
    by XpertHR 8 Dec 2020

    The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay, parental bereavement...

    • Adoption
    • Working from home
    • Parental bereavement leave

    Personnel Today Awards 2020: Family Friendly Employer shortlist

    by Personnel Today 5 Oct 2020
    by Personnel Today 5 Oct 2020

    As we prepare to celebrate the Personnel Today Awards in November, it’s time to showcase those organisations that made the...

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    • Shared parental leave

    Calls to extend parental leave during Covid-19 rejected

    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Sep 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Sep 2020

    Calls to extend parental leave and pay for families because of the Covid-19 pandemic have been rejected by the government,...

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    Gay engineer awarded £175k for ‘nightmare’ treatment after coming out

    by Rob Moss 15 Apr 2020
    by Rob Moss 15 Apr 2020

    An engineer has been awarded £175,000 after taking his employer to the...

    • Gender pay gap
    • Adoption
    • National living wage

    April 2020 employment law changes: eight tasks for HR

    by Eleanor Gelder 6 Apr 2020
    by Eleanor Gelder 6 Apr 2020

    Each April, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the latest round of amended employment laws and deadlines....

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    • Maternity
    • Latest News

    April 2020 statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay rates published

    by XpertHR 9 Jan 2020
    by XpertHR 9 Jan 2020

    The government has published the proposed statutory rates for maternity pay, paternity pay, shared parental pay, adoption pay and sick...

    • Adoption
    • Enhanced pay
    • Shared parental leave

    Standard Life Aberdeen offers nine months’ fully paid leave for all new parents

    by Rob Moss 30 Oct 2019
    by Rob Moss 30 Oct 2019

    Standard Life Aberdeen will offer nine months’ fully paid leave from January.

    • Adoption
    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity

    Jersey to offer 52 weeks’ parental leave to all parents

    by Jo Faragher 25 Oct 2019
    by Jo Faragher 25 Oct 2019

    New parents in Jersey will be offered up to 52 weeks’ leave in new legislation that has been described as...

    • Sexual harassment
    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Adoption

    Employment law changes: 10 proposals in the pipeline for HR

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Aug 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Aug 2019

    Amid all the political turmoil in July, employers will be forgiven for missing a flurry of proposed new employment laws...

    • Adoption
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    • Maternity

    New parents and expectant mothers to receive more redundancy protections

    by Rob Moss 25 Jul 2019
    by Rob Moss 25 Jul 2019

    The legal protections for pregnant women and new mothers are to be extended to six months after they return to...

    • Adoption
    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity

    Employers should publish new mum retention rates, MPs urge

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 May 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 May 2019

    Large organisations should be forced to publish retention rates for new mothers returning to the workplace in order to tackle...

    • Adoption
    • Enhanced pay
    • Shared parental leave

    Diageo announces six months’ paid parental leave

    by Rob Moss 3 Apr 2019
    by Rob Moss 3 Apr 2019

    Drinks giant Diageo has announced a new policy to offer men and women 52 weeks’ parental leave with the first...

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