This guide provides information on the statutory obligations of employers regarding statutory shared parental leave.

This is a letter of invitation to a meeting regarding a request for discontinuous leave (as part of a shared parental leave request)

This letter acknowledges a maternity or adoption curtailment notice and confirms return to work details.

This letter responds to an employee request to vary shared parental leave arrangements outlining the statutory entitlements (such as eight weeks’ notice) and gives the option to either approve or decline the request.

This letter responds to an employee proposal to have alternative dates for shared parental leave; and asks the employee to take the leave in one continuous block (rather than 2 separate blocks).

This letter requests evidence of eligibility to take shared parental leave in the case of either birth or adoption.