New Parent Leave

🔏 Statutory Entitlement

To be eligible for New Parent Leave, you must be taking time off to look after the child and be one of the following...

be the spouse, civil partner, or partner of the birth mother or adopter, and have or expect to have responsibility for bringing up the child
the child’s adopter
the intended parent (if you’re having a baby through a surrogacy arrangement)
To quality for New Parent Leave you must...
To qualify for New Parent Pay you must...
Your basic legal entitlement

Your entitlement as an Automata employee

An eligible employee can take up to 8 weeks’ of New Parent Leave
You get the same amount of leave if your partner has multiple births (such as twins)
You do not need to take all of your leave in one go but must be taken in blocks of weeks
A week is the same amount of days that you normally work in a week - for example, a week is 2 days if you only work on Mondays and Tuesdays
These can be taken in the first 12 months from the birth of your child and must be taken in blocks of complete weeks.
We request 28 days notice for each period of leave to be taken.

At least 28 days before the baby is due you must tell HR:
The due date
When you want your leave to start, for example, the day of the birth or the week after the birth
How many weeks of leave you intend to take

You are entitled to 2 days of paid leave to use for accompanying the mother of the child to antenatal appointments
Please inform HR (Jess/Karian) and your manager of any scheduled appointments