ADOPTION
LEAVE AND PAY
Adoption
leave and pay may allow one member of an adoptive couple to take paid time off
work when their new child starts to live with them. Paternity leave and pay may be available for the other member of the
couple, or an adopter’s partner.
Adoption and paternity leave are available whether a child is adopted from
within the UK or from overseas.
To
check your own rights to adoption leave and pay, or those of your employees, use
the TIGER interactive website. Information
is also available on paternity rights for adoptive parents at this site. The new adoption rights will benefit employees with children placed on or
after 6 April 2003.
Guidance giving information on adoption leave and
pay
Adopting a child from within the UK
Adoptive
parents: rights
to leave and pay when a child is placed for adoption within the UK (PL518)  (1.6Mb) Detailed
guidance on adoption leave and pay
Adoptive
parents: rights to leave and pay – a basic summary (PL515)
A
short guide for employers and employees
[Welsh version
(29Kb)]
Matching
certificate – evidence of entitlement to adoption leave and
Statutory Adoption Pay (MS Word 48Kb)
SC4
Self-certificate of entitlement to paternity leave and pay
in respect of a child placed for adoption (36Kb)
Model
letter for employers to acknowledge notification of adoption
leave (MS Word 21Kb)
Adopting a child from overseas
Parents adopting a child from overseas:
rights to leave and pay
(108Kb)
A summary of the scheme for overseas adopter is also available
Other useful guidance
Inland
Revenue forms for employers of adopters
Start
dates
Legislation
Information
on other rights of working parents
Monitoring
For information on how the working parent laws
introduced on 6 April are being monitored, click here.
[Information in Welsh
is also available.]
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