TUC publishes guides for employees on shared parental leave

The TUC has published booklets on how to share maternity leave and pay to help employees negotiate Shared Parental Leave.

The booklets – Leave and Pay for Mothers and Leave and Pay for Fathers and Partners – outline the implications of new legislation that will – from next April – allow mums and dads to convert maternity leave and pay into shared parental leave and pay.

Most employed women are entitled to 52 weeks’ maternity leave and 39 weeks’ maternity pay but from April next year they will have the option of sharing some of that with their partners in the first year of their baby’s life.

The new shared parental leave and pay will also allow parents to take leave on a more flexible basis up to their child’s first birthday, for example, by alternating between leave and work, rather than taking one single, continuous block of leave.

The guides cover all the basic information working parents need to know about – from rights during the pregnancy through to those relating to maternity, paternity and shared parental leave. The guides also cover flexible working, unpaid parental leave and emergency time off for dependants.

TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “The new legislation will make it easier for men and women to share parenting responsibilities in the first crucial year of their child’s life.

“But the new rights are not straightforward. We hope these TUC booklets, by explaining the law in simple language, will help more parents consider using them and take time away from their jobs to enjoy being new parents.”





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