FCA Employee Handbook - Financial Conduct Authority

Parental Leave PolicyThe FCA’s Parental Leave Policy incorporates statutory requirements on parental leave rightsand offers more generous provisions than required by law, so we can support our employeeswho take parental leave.From 8 March 2013, the amount of parental leave increased from 13 weeks to 18 weeks for allparents, not just those with a disabled child (for the purpose of parental leave, a child with adisability is one who receives disability living allowance).PrinciplesWhat you can expect from the FCAWhile the law states that you can take up to 18 weeks from 8 March 2013 unpaid leaveper child and a maximum of 4 weeks parental leave per year, we will normally allow youto take 18 weeks in one calendar year.The FCA can postpone the leave for up to six months where the business would beparticularly disrupted if the leave were taken at the time requested.What the FCA expects from youYou must give your line manager 21 days’ notice, by raising an Unpaid Parental Leaverequest on Employee Self-service on Chrysalis, of your intention to take parental leave.You must be eligible to take parental leave (see eligibility criteria below).The policyParental leave is the right to take time off work to look after a child or make arrangements foryour child’s welfare. This leave is unpaid.EligibilityYou are eligible to take parental leave if you have a child under the age of five, or the child isdisabled and under 18 (for the purposes of parental leave, a child with a disability is one whoreceives disability living allowance), or you have adopted a child within the last five years(until the fifth anniversary of the adoption or until the child’s 18th birthday, whichever occurssooner) and you have completed one year’s qualifying service with the FCA by the time youwant to take the leave. It can be taken by both mothers and fathers.Length of leaveA total of 18 weeks from 8 March 2013 may be taken for each child or 18 weeks for each child.If you work part-time, your entitlement will be pro-rated.You will be able to take parental leave in short or long blocks depending on what has beenagreed with your line management.Parental leave is for each child, so if twins are born both parents will get 13 weeks leave foreach child.Taking parental leaveYou can choose to take parental leave any time:up until the child’s fifth birthday;FCA Employee Handbook 2013 88