Neonatal Care Leave & Pay Policy - April 2025
In this section
1. Introduction
The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act comes into force on 6th April 2025.
This policy sets out the rights of employees to neonatal care leave and pay following the birth or adoption of a child.
Statutory neonatal care leave and other rights are also available to employees who are local authority foster parents in a "foster to adopt" situation, or employees who expect to become the legal parents of a child born under a surrogacy arrangement.
We understand that having a child in neonatal care is an extremely stressful and challenging experience. As an organisation, we are committed to supporting you and doing what we can to help ensure that you are able to be by your child's side while looking after your own health and wellbeing.