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A practical guide to help managers support staff entitled to neonatal care leave and pay, introduced from April 2025, with empathy and compliance.
What is neonatal care leave and pay?
Neonatal care leave and pay is a new statutory entitlement introduced in April 2025. It gives eligible parents time off when their baby requires specialist neonatal care after birth. It supports families during difficult and unexpected hospital stays.
Who is eligible?
Employees are eligible if their baby is admitted to hospital before 28 days old and remains in care for at least 7 continuous days. Eligibility also depends on their employment status and length of service. Leave is available to both parents.
How much leave can be taken?
Eligible employees can take up to
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This guide explains how managers should handle neonatal care leave and pay introduced from April 2025. It outlines eligibility, pay entitlements, and responsibilities.
It helps managers respond compassionately to requests during what may be a stressful time for employees, while ensuring legal compliance.
Using this guide ensures a consistent and supportive approach, building trust and fairness in the workplace.
Yes. This template has been designed for organisations of all sizes, including small businesses, charities and growing employers. It follows UK employment law best practice and can be adapted to suit your organisation.
Our templates are developed with UK employment legislation, Acas guidance and HR best practice in mind and are reviewed and updated as relevant requirements change. However, every employment situation is different, so the template should be adapted to the circumstances and checked against the employee's contract and your organisation's procedures before use.
Yes, we highlight the areas of the document that you need to update with your own details, and where you need to make decisions to suit your situation. This saves you time and ensures that you meet best practice.
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If you're looking for broader support, we also offer toolkits and library bundles that include the Managers guide to Neonatal Care Leave and Pay, along with other HR templates and policies for fully managing your situation. These may be more cost-effective if you need deeper advice.
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Darryl Horn, Chartered HR Director
Darryl is a Chartered HR professional with over 25 years' experience in senior HR and employee relations roles.
He has extensive practical experience of managing parental and family processes and founded hrdocbox to provide businesses with practical, professionally developed HR resources grounded in UK employment law and best practice.
"Darryl provides support and advice with excellent judgement, and has a strong understanding of people, policies and UK employment legislation."
"He is someone I trust; consistent, dependable, and committed to doing things properly."
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