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We provide 4 weeks paternity leave on full pay. You are required to take the leave in one block. To be eligible for Paternity pay you need to have worked for NFU Mutual for at least 26 weeks by the end of the 15th week before the expected week of childbirth or the matching week for adoption. You continue to be eligible for a bonus while you are in receipt of paternity pay.

You can take up to 52 weeks adoption leave, regardless of how long you have worked for us or how many hours you work.

To receive the first 20 weeks company adoption pay at your full rate of pay, you need to have worked at NFU Mutual for at least two years at the matching date.

If you have less than two years’ service but more than 26 weeks service when you enter the 15th week before the matching date, you will receive six weeks at your full rate of pay.

Up to ten paid keeping in touch (‘KIT') days can be agreed between you and your manager during your adoption leave. You continue to be eligible for bonus while you are in receipt of adoption pay.

To qualify for shared parental leave you need to have worked for NFU Mutual for at least 26 weeks at the end of the 15th week before the week that your child is due, or for adoption, the week of notification of being matched with a child.

Your partner also needs to be eligible for shared parental leave in their own right. If you are both eligible, you can share up to 50 weeks of leave.

Shared parental leave has to be taken within 52 weeks of the birth or adoption placement. Up to 20 paid keeping in touch (SPLIT) days can be agreed between you and your manager.

Eligible employees may be able to take up to 37 weeks’ Shared Parental Pay while taking leave and bonus continues to accrue if you are in receipt of Shared Parental Pay. Shared Parental Pay will be paid at the rate set by the Government for the relevant tax year.

You can take 18 weeks of unpaid leave for each child and adopted child up to their 18th birthday. You can take up to four weeks leave each year for each child in minimum blocks of one week. If your child is disabled, the minimum block criteria does not apply.

To be eligible for Parental Leave you must have worked for NFU Mutual for more than a year, be named on the birth or adoption certificate, or have or expect to have parental responsibility, and your child must be under 18.

Parental Leave applies to your child and not to your employment, therefore if when you join NFU Mutual you have already taken some of your entitlement, you will only be eligible for the remaining balance that year.

We know there are times when you may need to deal with a family emergency or make arrangements to care for relatives. Our approach to flexible leave lets you take unpaid leave over and above your holiday entitlement to help you manage your childcare and caring responsibilities.

Dependent leave is provided to help you to deal with an immediate problem and put any necessary care arrangements in place, such as arranging for someone else to care for a child if your normal childminder is unexpectedly unavailable, where a dependant falls ill, or is injured, to deal with an unexpected incident involving your child during school.

Flexible working is about giving you more options about when and where you carry out your job; for example, your place of work, how many hours you work, or when you work. We recognise the benefit that flexibility brings for both you and our business.

You can apply for flexible working as long as you’ve worked for NFU Mutual continuously for at least 26 weeks. We’ll consider your request fully and fairly, based on our business needs, and we’ll always try and agree requests where we can.