{"id":9977,"date":"2018-01-30T18:22:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T18:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wholegraindigital.com\/?post_type=the-granary&#038;p=9977"},"modified":"2023-08-07T15:57:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T15:57:47","slug":"maternity-and-paternity-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granary.wholegraindigital.com\/maternity-and-paternity-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Parental Leave Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All permanent Wholegrain team members (regardless of gender) who become a parent, whether through childbirth or adoption, are entitled to take paid parental leave.<\/p>\n<h2>Maternity Leave<\/h2>\n<p>All new mums can take up to a year\u2019s maternity leave. You don\u2019t have to take the full year, but you must take the first two weeks following birth.<\/p>\n<p>We will provide full pay for the first 3 months of maternity leave, after which it will default to the statutory maternity pay.<\/p>\n<p>The earliest you can usually start your maternity leave is 11 weeks before your due date. Leave can also start:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The day after birth, if the birth is early<\/li>\n<li>Automatically if you\u2019re off work for a pregnancy-related illness in the four weeks before your due date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/maternity-pay-leave\">government guidelines on maternity leave<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Paternity Leave<\/h2>\n<p>New dads receive two weeks\u2019 fully paid leave following the birth of their child (or date of placement if you\u2019re adopting). It\u2019s up to you whether you want to take two weeks together or have two separate weeks, but you must take the time within the first 56 days following the birth or adoption.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28 days notice is required if you wish to take some dad time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/paternity-pay-leave\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Shared Parental Leave<\/h2>\n<p>New mums may choose to share their 52 weeks\u2019 maternity leave with the dad, as long as it\u2019s not the compulsory two weeks following birth. We allow shared parental leave in accordance with official government guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>For more information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/shared-parental-leave-and-pay\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Unpaid Parental Leave<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Wholegrain, we understand that sometimes you need to take time off to look after your children. Unpaid parental leave is leave you as a parent can take to look after your child\u2019s welfare eg to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spend more time with your children<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">look at new schools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">settle children into new childcare arrangements<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spend more time with family, such as visiting grandparents<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to qualify for parental leave an individual must:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">be an employee<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have been employed continuously by their employer for at least twelve months.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To request parental leave an employee should give at least 21 days notice, we would request this in writing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you wish to take parental leave straight after the birth or adoption of a child you should give 21 days&#8217; notice before the expected week of childbirth or placement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parental leave should be taken in blocks of a week unless agreed otherwise with the employer. If the child is disabled, parental leave can be taken in days rather than weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information please<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acas.org.uk\/index.aspx?articleid=1637\"> click here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Some Rules<\/h2>\n<p>You retain all your usual rights and protections while pregnant or on parental leave, including your right to accrue holiday. In return, we ask a few things of you.<\/p>\n<p>Please advise us as soon as you know you or your partner is pregnant. This is doubly important for mums as there may be health and safety considerations and we\u2019ll need to carry out a risk assessment.<\/p>\n<p>Please advise us as soon as possible when you want your parental leave to begin, ideally, before the end of the fifteenth week before the week the little one is due.<\/p>\n<p>We will do our best to accommodate the start date you choose, though we appreciate this isn\u2019t an exact science so we\u2019ll be as flexible as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Before your leave is due to begin, we\u2019ll sit down to discuss the arrangements for covering your work and opportunities for you to keep in touch during your leave, should you wish to do so. If you\u2019re on maternity or shared parental leave, we may check in from time to time to see how you\u2019re doing, but we\u2019ll keep this to a minimum.<\/p>\n<h2>Return to Work<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re on maternity or shared paternity leave, please let us know when you intend to return to work. We would normally expect eight weeks\u2019 notice. At this point, do let us know if you have any needs such as special working arrangements when you return, so we can plan for these accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All permanent Wholegrain team members (regardless of gender) who become a parent, whether through childbirth or adoption, are entitled to take paid parental leave. Maternity Leave All new mums can take up to a year\u2019s maternity leave. You don\u2019t have to take the full year, but you must take the first two weeks following birth. 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