Staff Handbook UK

• Earn a weekly average of at least the Lower Earnings Limit for National Insurance Contributions (NI). This is the amount you have to earn before you start paying NI and is set by the Government. • Have given written notification of your adoption and a copy of the ‘matching certificate’ as outlined above under “Adoption Leave” SNCP is payable for up to 12 weeks. It is payable at the standard rate as set by the Government. SNCL and other types of leave SNCL and SNCP are supplementary to any other types of statutory leave to which you may be entitled (e.g. maternity or paternity leave). You can take SNCL in addition to those other types of leave. In most cases, it is likely to be in your best interests to taken SNCL after your other statutory leave has finished. In the case of maternity or adoption leave, you may wish to give notice to finish your leave earlier than the full 52 weeks once your SMP or SAP has finished and take SNCL at that point. You are encouraged to discuss these options with your line manager in the first instance. 20.Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Any parent who loses a child under the age of 18, or suffers a stillbirth from 24 weeks of pregnancy, is entitled to 1 or 2 weeks’ Statutory Parental Bereavement Leave. If taking 2 weeks, they do not need to be consecutive weeks, and they can be taken any time within the 56 weeks following the child’s death. This section deals with this specific statutory entitlement, but it should be read in conjunction with the section on Compassionate Leave, above. Clearly the loss of a child would be devastating for any parent and as your employer, we would want to do our best to support you through such a difficult time. Notice requirements If you wish to take Bereavement Leave in the period of 56 days from the date of the child’s death, you should notify your line manager before you are due to start work on the first day of absence wherever practicable. Otherwise you should contact your line manager as soon as possible. If you wish to take Bereavement Leave after this period (but within 56 weeks of the child’s death), you must give at least one week’s notice. Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay (SPBP) If you have at least 26 weeks’ continuous service by the week before the week in which the child dies and earn at least the Lower Earnings Limit for National Insurance Contributions (NI), you will also be entitled to SPBP whilst taking Bereavement Leave. This is at the standard rate as set by the Government.

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