Staff Record 2013/14 - Parental leave
Staff Record 2013/14Fields required from institutions in Northern IrelandParental leave | return to field list | valid entries |
Type | field |
Short name | PARLEAVE |
Description | This field identifies whether any parental leave was taken by staff during the reporting year |
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
Coverage | All staff (Optional) |
Valid entries and labels | |
Notes | Code 1 'Maternity leave' should be used when Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is paid to a female employee who has recently, or is about to, have a baby, who has been employed for approximately 9 months before the date the baby is due, and whose average earnings are above the current Lower Earnings Limit for Northern Ireland. Code 2 'Additional paternity leave' should be used when Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (ASPP) is given to eligible fathers, partners, civil partners of mothers and adopters where there is entitlement to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Maternity Allowance (MA) or Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) and that payment has been brought to an end by the mother or adopter returning to work. The employee must be taking time off work to care for their child. Code 3 'Adoption leave' should be used when Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) is paid to employees who are adopting a child and are notified that they have been matched with a child or received official notification that they are eligible to adopt a child from abroad and who satisfy the qualifying conditions are entitled to a maximum of 39 weeks SAP. Instances of parental leave that span across two reporting periods should be reported in both years. The Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) has a number of resources relating to gathering information across the protected characteristics covered by the Equality Act 2010. These resources can be found at Equality Challenge Unit. If you have any further queries regarding equality monitoring, please email ECU at [email protected]. |
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Reason required | To monitor equal opportunities issues in the higher education sector and enable higher education institutions (HEIs) to meet their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 |
Part of | |
Field length | 1 |
Minimum occurrences | 0 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: PARLEAVE
Data type: PARLEAVECodeContentType |
Owner | Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) |
Version | 1.0 |
Change management notes | Additional guidance added to the Notes section, clarifying when to use Code 1 'Maternity leave', Code 2 'Additional paternity leave' and Code 3 'Adoption leave'. |
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