Neonatal Care Leave & Pay Policy - April 2025
In this section
- 7. Eligibility for Enhanced Neonatal Care Pay (NCP)
- 8. Starting your Neonatal Care Leave
- 9. Changing your Neonatal Care Leave plans
- 10. Your Rights During Neonatal Care Leave
- 11. Other Statutory Leave
- 12. Ensuring Equality of Treatment
10. Your Rights During Neonatal Care Leave
During neonatal care leave, all the terms and conditions of your contract except normal pay will continue. Your pay will be replaced with enhanced neonatal care pay if you are eligible for it. However, other benefits such as holiday entitlement will continue to accrue and pension contributions will continue as set out below.
Holiday entitlement
You will continue to accrue your holiday entitlement during your neonatal care leave.
Any holiday entitlement that has not been taken because of neonatal care leave can be carried over into the next holiday year.
Pension contributions
We will continue to make pension contributions based on your normal pay during any period of paid neonatal care leave. The contributions that you make will be based on the actual pay that you receive during your neonatal care leave.
The organisation's pension contributions will cease during any period of unpaid neonatal care leave.
Contact during neonatal care leave
We reserve the right to maintain reasonable contact with you during your neonatal care leave. This may be to discuss your plans for taking leave, to discuss any special arrangements to ease your time away from work, or to update you on developments at work during your absence.