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We provide up eight weeks paternity leave on full pay. To be eligible for both Statutory and company enhanced 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. 

England, Scotland, and Wales
You are eligible to take your leave in a minimum of one-week blocks at any time within the first 52 weeks of the birth of a child or matching date if adopting. You can choose to take all eight weeks at once, or in any combination of one-week blocks either together or separately later in the year to help settle a child into nursery or for any other reason. 

Northern Ireland
Following your statutory one or two weeks leave which is taken within 56 days of the birth of a child, eligible employees can take their remaining six weeks together, or in any combination of one-week blocks, anytime in the first 52 weeks following a birth or matching date with adoption.

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 eight weeks at your full rate of pay, followed by the remaining allowance of Statutory Adoption Pay. 

If you have less than 26 weeks’ service when you enter the 15th week before you are due to be matched with your child, you will receive eight 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 make a request for flexible working from the first day you join NFU Mutual. We’ll consider your request fully and fairly, based on our business needs, and we’ll always try and agree to requests where we can.

You will be entitled to unpaid leave to give or arrange care for a ‘dependant’ who has:

• A physical or mental illness or injury that means they’re expected to need care for more than three months.
• A condition that amounts to a disability under the Equality Act 2010.
• Care needs connected to their old age

The dependant does not have to be a family member. It can be any person who would reasonably rely on you to provide or arrange care. You can take a total of up to one week of Carer’s Leave every 12 months, this can be taken as one whole week, or can be taken as individual or half days throughout the year.