Definitions Table of Abbreviations used in Parental Leave Appendix A Policy and Procedure No. Description Definition Duration (if Length of applicable) Service Required (if applicable) 1 Adoption Leave (AL) Granted to those with Up to 52 n/a primary caring weeks responsibilities for a newly adopted child/children 2 Average Weekly Calculated by totalling the n/a n/a Earnings (AWE) gross earnings in the relevant period and dividing by the number of weeks in that period 3 Employment The HR team that n/a n/a Contract administers matters Administration relating to parental leave. (ECA) 4 Expected Week of The week beginning on the n/a n/a Childbirth (EWC) Sunday in which it is expected the baby will be born 5 Fertility Leave (FL) Granted to females up to 5 days in n/a undergoing treatment for any 12 month assisted conception, for the period (pro rata purpose of receiving and for part time recovering from employees) Intrauterine Insemination or In Vitro Fertilisation 6 In Vitro Fertilisation Female fertility treatment n/a n/a (IVF) designed to promote successful pregnancy Intrauterine Female fertility treatment n/a n/a 7 Insemination (IUI) designed to promote successful pregnancy 8 Keeping in Touch Days during which an 10 days n/a (KIT) employee on ML or AL can, maximum with prior management approval, attend work, undertake training or keep in touch with work developments through other means, without bringing the leave period to an end
Definitions Table of Abbreviations used in Parental Leave Appendix A Policy and Procedure No. Description Definition Duration (if applicable) Length of Service Required (if applicable) 1 Adoption Leave (AL) Granted to those with primary caring responsibilities for a newly adopted child/children Up to 52 weeks n/a 2 Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) Calculated by totalling the gross earnings in the relevant period and dividing by the number of weeks in that period n/a n/a 3 Employment Contract Administration (ECA) The HR team that administers matters relating to parental leave. n/a n/a 4 Expected Week of Childbirth (EWC) The week beginning on the Sunday in which it is expected the baby will be born n/a n/a 5 Fertility Leave (FL) Granted to females undergoing treatment for assisted conception, for the purpose of receiving and recovering from Intrauterine Insemination or In Vitro Fertilisation up to 5 days in any 12 month period (pro rata for part time employees) n/a 6 In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) Female fertility treatment designed to promote successful pregnancy n/a n/a 7 Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) Female fertility treatment designed to promote successful pregnancy n/a n/a 8 Keeping in Touch (KIT) Days during which an employee on ML or AL can, with prior management approval, attend work, undertake training or keep in touch with work developments through other means, without bringing the leave period to an end 10 days maximum n/a
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