At Automata, we approach adoption with the same care and consideration as we do our standard maternity and paternity processes for employees. Nurturing a child and bringing them up is a profound journey, and we believe in extending the same level of support and understanding to our employees who choose to adopt.

🔏Statutory Adoption Leave

Employees can take up to 52 weeks’ Statutory Adoption Leave. The first 26 weeks is known as ‘Ordinary Adoption Leave’, the last 26 weeks as ‘Additional Adoption Leave’.

Leave can start:

• on the date the child starts living with the employee or up to 14 days before the expected placement date (UK adoptions)
• when an employee has been matched with a child to be placed with them by a UK adoption agency
• when the child arrives in the UK or within 28 days of this date (overseas adoptions)
• the day the child’s born or the day after (parents in surrogacy arrangements)

👛Statutory Adoption Pay

Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) for employees is:

• 90% of their gross average weekly earnings for the first 6 weeks
• £187.18 a week or 90% of their gross average weekly earnings (whichever is lower) for the next 33 weeks

Tax and National Insurance need to be deducted.

💸Automata Enhanced Adoption Pay

You will qualify for Enhanced Adoption if you:

• have worked for the Company for a continuous period of 6 months by the end of the 15th week before the EWC;

If you qualify for the enhanced adoption pay scheme you will receive payment as follows:

• 16 weeks @ full pay
• 8 weeks @ 30% pay