Use this to plan and record both your and your partner’s maternity allowance and shared parental leave and how you will share the pay entitlement. It will allow you to assess the amount of shared parental pay you will receive as a couple and help to inform your manager and shared services (or equivalent) of your plans. How to complete the planner Once you have entered the start date of the maternity leave/maternity allowance, you should follow the three steps below to ensure you correctly complete the planner. Step 1 Planning your – Enter in column A, the total amount of maternity leave that the mother will be taking. Maternity leave can start before birth but must include two weeks after the birth of the child (four weeks for manual workers who give birth). Then decide how to share the remaining weeks as shared parental leave between you and your partner. Shared parental leave can be taken up to the child’s first birthday. Enter this information in columns A and B. The total number of weeks of maternity leave and shared parental leave added together must not exceed 52. However, paternity leave does not count towards this total and can be taken in addition. If the mother is eligible for maternity allowance but not maternity leave, enter the maternity allowance which will be taken in column C and then enter the partner’s shared parental leave in column B.
Use this to plan and record both your and your partner’s maternity allowance and shared parental leave and how you will share the pay entitlement. It will allow you to assess the amount of shared parental pay you will receive as a couple and help to inform your manager and shared services (or equivalent) of your plans. How to complete the planner Once you have entered the start date of the maternity leave/maternity allowance, you should follow the three steps below to ensure you correctly complete the planner. Step 1 – Planning your Enter in column A, the total amount of maternity leave that the mother will be taking. Maternity leave can start before birth but must include two weeks after the birth of the child (four weeks for manual workers who give birth). Then decide how to share the remaining weeks as shared parental leave between you and your partner. Shared parental leave can be taken up to the child’s first birthday. Enter this information in columns A and B. The total number of weeks of maternity leave and shared parental leave added together must not exceed 52. However, paternity leave does not count towards this total and can be taken in addition. If the mother is eligible for maternity allowance but not maternity leave, enter the maternity allowance which will be taken in column C and then enter the partner’s shared parental leave in column B.