Parental Leave Policy - April 2026

Dual or Multiple Contracts

Where an employee has more than one job with the Council there is not a separate parental leave entitlement for each job, i.e. the total parental leave entitlement remains 18 weeks.

Should an employee wish to take two weeks parental leave from only one job and remain working in the other(s), this represents a two-week reduction from their total parental leave entitlement.

However, where an employee wishes to take parental leave from all jobs and subsequently one (or more) line manager(s) wishes to postpone leave, this will have the effect of postponing leave for all posts.

On such occasions it is the responsibility of the line managers to determine an alternative time for parental leave to be taken but this must be within three months of the original request.