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<p>Statutory Maternity Leave, Adoption Leave, and Parental Bereavement Leave are ‘day
1’ rights which means that an employee will qualify for these entitlements even if
they have recently changed jobs.</p><p>In order to qualify for Statutory Paternity
Leave and Shared Parental Leave, an employee must have been continuously employed
by their current employer for 26 weeks at the ‘relevant date’.</p><p>In order to qualify
for Statutory Maternity Pay, Adoption Pay, Paternity Pay, Shared Parental Pay and
Parental Bereavement Pay, an employee must have earned at least the lower earnings
level (currently £120 a week) in an 8 week reference period and worked continuously
for their employer for 26 weeks at the ‘relevant date’. Additional qualifying criteria
attach to Paternity, Shared Parental and Parental Bereavement Pay.</p><p>The ‘relevant
date’ differs depending on whether the employee is a ‘birth parent’, a bereaved parent
or an ‘adopter’. But in the case of Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Adoption
Pay an employee will qualify for pay if they have 26 weeks continuous service at the
‘relevant date’ even if they subsequently leave their job or are made redundant. They
will, however, cease to qualify if they end their parental leave to start working
for a new employer.</p><p>Further information is on the eligibility criteria for parental
leave and pay is on GOV.UK.</p>
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