| Abbreviations | Terms |
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| Adopter |
Refers to the designated primary parent in an adopting couple |
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| Adoption Leave |
Refers to leave taken by a designated primary parent adopting a child |
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| AML |
Additional Maternity Leave (follows OML and can be for up to next 26 weeks of maternity leave) |
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| APL |
Additional Paternity Leave (replaced by Shared Parental Leave from 5 April 2015) |
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| ASPP |
Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (replaced by Shared Parental Pay from 5 April 2015) |
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| Blocks of Leave |
For SPL, you can book up to three blocks of leave, 8 weeks' notice must be given before each block can be taken |
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| Continuous Leave |
A period of leave that is taken in one block eg four weeks |
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| Curtailment |
Mother/main carer for adoption notifies employer that they wish to end maternity/adoption leave early |
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| Discontinuous Leave |
A period of leave that is arranged around weeks where an employee will return to work, eg an arrangement where an employee will work every other week for a period of 3 months |
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| EWC |
Expected Week of Childbirth |
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| KIT |
Keeping in Touch Days during maternity or adoption leave |
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| LEL |
Lower Earnings Limit |
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| MA |
Maternity Allowance |
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| MATB1 |
Form issued by midwife to confirm EWC after 20th week of pregnancy |
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| Match |
When an adopter is approved to adopt a named child or children |
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| Maternity Leave |
Refers to leave taken by a birth mother |
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| Mother |
Refers to birth mother |
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| NIC |
National Insurance Contributions |
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| OML |
Ordinary Maternity Leave |
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| OMP |
Ordinary Maternity Pay |
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| OPL |
Ordinary Paternity Leave (supports fathers/partners/civil partner to be present at the birth of the child) |
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| Parents |
Refers to one of two, or both people who will share the main responsibility for the child's upbringing (and who may be the mother, the father, or the mother's partner if not the father, or adoptive parents) |
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| Partner |
Refers to the child's father or the mother's/main adopter's partner, eg spouse, civil or long-term partner, but who is not her relative, ie child/sibling etc |
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| Qualifying Week |
For maternity pay, this is the week before the 15th week before EWC, ie when a woman is approximately 25 weeks pregnant |
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| QW |
Qualifying Week |
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| RTW |
Return to Work |
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| SAP |
Statutory Adoption Pay - provided by the State, paid by the employer and administered through HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) |
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| ShPP |
Shared Parental Pay |
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| SMP |
Statutory Maternity Pay - provided by the State, paid by the employer and administered through HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) |
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| SPL |
Shared Parental Leave |
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| SPL Forms |
Notification forms relating to SPL |
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| SPLiT Days |
SPL in Touch Days |
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| SPP |
Statutory Paternity Pay - provided by the State, paid by the employer and administered through HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) |
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| SShPP |
Statutory Shared Parental Pay |
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| Surrogacy |
A surrogacy arrangement or surrogacy agreement is the carrying of a pregnancy for intended parents |
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| Unpaid Parental Leave |
Separate to SPL, entitles employees to take up to 18 weeks unpaid leave to look after their child |
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