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Shared parental leave comes in on 5 April 2015. If one or both parents want to take shared leave they need to give written 'notice of entitlement' to the employer at least eight weeks before the start of the first period of shared parental leave. The notice should include:
Period of leave notice
Only three periods of leave notices in total can be given by each parent, including requests to vary a period of leave that has already been arranged.
Keeping in touch days
Each parent is entitled to 20 split days.
Action points
Employers should:
These are some of the main points of the legislation; there is a lot more that you will need to be aware of.
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