Family friendly leave and pay guide

This guide explains the type of leave and pay available to employees, who is eligible for the leave, and when they can take it.

Our family friendly leave options cater for a wide range of circumstances, such as:

  • time off for fertility treatment
  • caring for dependants and fulfilling caring responsibilities
  • maternity, adoption, paternity and fostering
  • surrogacy leave

This guide explains the type of leave and pay available to employees, who is eligible for the 
leave, and when they can take it. 

Family friendly leave and pay guide (PDF, 338KB)

Booking time off 

You can find details on how to plan, manage and book time off from work as an employee or manager by visiting taking time off and selecting the type of leave you need to take.

Separate family friendly workplace guidance is available to support employees and their managers when someone needs to take a longer break from work with guidance on preparing for the leave, while on leave and when returning from leave.

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