Shared parental leave

If you’re having a baby, adopting a child, or having a baby through surrogacy, you may be eligible for Shared Parental Leave and Pay. There are a lot of factors to eligibility, please refer to the government site to review your particular circumstances.

If you’re eligible and you or your partner ends maternity or adoption leave and pay (or Maternity Allowance) early, then you can:

• take the rest of the 50 weeks of maternity or adoption leave as Shared Parental Leave (SPL)
• take the rest of the 37 weeks of maternity or adoption pay (or Maternity Allowance) as Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP). ShPP is paid at the current rate per week or 90% of your average weekly earnings, whichever is lower.

If you’re interested in taking this up, please speak to the People team.

Last updated: 19 May 2025 (history)