INFOGRAPHIC: Shared Parental Leave - is your business ready?

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#DLAPiper SHARED PARENTAL LEAVE SHARED PARENTAL LEAVE IS YOUR BUSINESS READY? From December 1 2014, UK businesses will see the introduction of huge reforms to parental leave. Eligible parents will, for the first time, be able to share up to 50 weeks’ leave. EMPLOYEES MAY BE ENTITLED TO SHARED PARENTAL LEAVE (SPL) IF ISSUES EMPLOYERS MUST ADDRESS WHAT EMPLOYERS WILL NEED FROM APRIL 5 2015 FROM OCTOBER 1 2014 WHAT EMPLOYERS WILL NEED FROM DECEMBER 1 2014 Their baby is due on or after April 5 2015. They adopt a child on or after April 5 2015. Employers should have implemented a policy allowing employees time off to attend antenatal appointments with their pregnant partner. Have you considered how you will amend existing policies and put new ones in place? POLICIES AND PROCEDURES: A policy allowing employees time off to attend adoption appointments. 1 Do you offer an enhanced maternity scheme? Will this be mirrored in the shared parental pay scheme? SHARED PARENTAL PAY: 2 Do you offer incentives to maternity returners? What scheme will you operate in relation to returners from SPL? RETURN TO WORK BONUSES: 3 Do your managers know about the new regime? Do they understand the new rights and obligations? Employees with an Expected Week of Childbirth (EWC) before April 5 2015: 1. Maternity policy 2. Ordinary and additional paternity policy 3. Adoption policy 1. Maternity policy with curtailment option 2. Ordinary paternity policy 3. Adoption policy with curtailment option 4. Shared parental leave and pay policy Employees with an EWC from April 5 2015: TRAINING: 4 APR 5 2015 POLICY

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SHARED PARENTAL LEAVESHARED PARENTAL LEAVEI S YO U R B U S I N E S S R E A DY ?

From December 1 2014, UK businesses will see the introduction of huge reforms to parental leave. Eligible parents will, for the first time,

be able to share up to 50 weeks’ leave.

EMPLOYEES MAY BE ENTITLED TO SHARED PARENTAL LEAVE (SPL) IF

ISSUES EMPLOYERS MUST ADDRESS

WHAT EMPLOYERS WILL NEED FROM APRIL 5 2015

FROM OCTOBER 1 2014

WHAT EMPLOYERS WILL NEED FROM DECEMBER 1 2014

Their baby is due on or after April 5 2015.

They adopt a child on or afterApril 5 2015.

Employers should have implemented a policy allowing employees time off to attend antenatal appointments with their pregnant partner.

Have you considered how you willamend existing policies and put newones in place?

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES:

A policy allowing employees time off to attend adoptionappointments.

1Do you offer an enhanced maternity scheme? Will this be mirrored in the shared parental pay scheme?

SHARED PARENTAL PAY: 2

Do you offer incentives to maternityreturners? What scheme will youoperate in relation to returnersfrom SPL?

RETURN TO WORK BONUSES: 3Do your managers know about thenew regime? Do they understand thenew rights and obligations?

Employees with an Expected Week of Childbirth (EWC) before April 5 2015:

1. Maternity policy2. Ordinary and additional paternity policy3. Adoption policy

1. Maternity policy with curtailment option2. Ordinary paternity policy3. Adoption policy with curtailment option4. Shared parental leave and pay policy

Employees with an EWC from April 5 2015:

TRAINING: 4

APR 5

2015

POLICY