This letter can be sent to an employee seeking their agreement to a period of temporary lay off or short time working. This letter can be sent when there is no contractual right to enforce temporary lay off or short time working.

This letter can be sent to an employee on a temporary lay off to inform them that some hours have become available and requests the employee to inform the employer if they wish to avail of these hours.

This letter can be sent to an employee whose contract permits short time working. This letter outlines the terms of the short time working and the reasons for the employer implementing short time working.

This clause should be inserted into all employment contracts. This clause outlines when the employer may enforce a temporary lay off or short time working. If this clause is not in a contract of employment the employer will need to consult and seek agreement from an employee prior to a period of temporary lay off or short time working.

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.

This letter responds to a request for a SPLIT day giving the option of either approving the SPLIT day or declining the SPLIT day.

This letter responds to an employee’s request to take shared parental leave and outlines the procedure of shared parental leave including the duration and SPLIT days.

This letter explains to an employee their ineligibility to take shared parental leave, and gives a number of options to the employer to choose as to why the employee is not eligible for the leave.

This letter informs an employee of significant developments within the workplace during their shared parental leave and invites them to a meeting to discuss the developments.

This letter offers an employee a Shared Parental Leave in Touch Day (SPLIT).

This letter can be sent to employees to explain their right to take shared parental leave

A maternity or adoption curtailment notice is for the mother or main adoptor to submit to their employer, outlining the date they wish for their maternity or adoption leave to end so that the partner can avail of shared parental leave. It must be submitted at least 8 weeks before the maternity or adoption leave is due to end.

This form can be used by an employer who is declining a request for shared parental leave, because the employee does not meet the eligibility criteria.

This form can be used by an employee who wishes to vary the dates of their shared parental leave or cancel their shared parental leave.

This form can be used by an employee who wishes to request shared parental leave. It requests the start and end dates of shared parental leave and any additional or necessary information that the employee wishes to record on their request.

This contract clause outlines the eligibility criteria for shared parental leave as well as the duration of shared parental leave.

This policy outlines the organisations approach to the accrual and taking of annual leave before and after a period of shared parental leave.

This policy outlines the statutory right to take shared parental leave (SPL) to care for a child due to be born or placed for adoption. It also outlines the arrangements and notification requirements before a period of SPL and the entitlement to pay during SPL.

This policy outlines the statutory right to take shared parental leave (SPL) to care for a child due to be born or placed for adoption. It also outlines the arrangements and notification requirements before a period of SPL and the entitlement to pay during SPL.

This clause can be inserted into senior level contracts to confirm that if any part of the contract is deemed unenforceable each clause will be treated separately

This document can be used as the basis for an agreement with a genuine independent contractor, freelance or Consultant. It is intended to be used as a contract for services rather than an employment contract.

This letter invites an employee to a meeting to discuss a possible secondment.

This letter confirms the terms and conditions of the secondment including the duration of a secondment.

The purpose of this policy is to set out the arrangements for employees undertaking a long term or short-term secondment to another area within the organisation.

This letter invites an employee to meeting following Sabbatical Leave to discuss reintegration to the workplace