- Enforced by
- HMRC, Employment Tribunal
- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
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What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
- Ensure employees provide correct notice for Shared Parental LeaveEmployee
- Employee must provide notice of entitlement to shared parental leaveEmployee
- Provide written notice to change shared parental leave plansEmployee
- Submit a written notice of dates for Shared Parental LeaveEmployee
- Grant shared parental leave for continuous period requestsEmployee
- Respond to requests for discontinuous shared parental leaveEmployer
- Require employee to take leave if shared parental leave cancelled and can't accommodate returnEmployer
9 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
- Provide your employer with notice of shared parental leave (adoption)Employee
- Adopter’s partner must provide notice of shared parental leave entitlementEmployee
- Provide written notice to change shared parental leave (adoption) plansEmployee
- Submit a written notice of leave dates for shared parental leave (adoption)Employee
- Grant shared parental leave for continuous blocks of timeEmployee
- Respond to requests for discontinuous shared parental leaveEmployer
9 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
- Offer suitable alternative employment when making an employee on shared parental leave redundantEmployer
7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
4 other provisions
Help complying
Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.
Manage your employees
A comprehensive journey for UK employers covering the full employment lifecycle - from ongoing payroll and compliance duties through to managing workforce …
Resolve a Shared Parental Leave dispute: curtailment, eligibility, refused bookings
Problem-path for employers facing an SPL dispute — sort the right forum (HMRC, Employment Tribunal, or ERA 1996 §99 detriment), test the …
Family leave fast-path: handle a leave request this week
Setting up Shared Parental Leave for the first time
Handle SPL curtailment, disputed eligibility and refused-booking disputes
How to manage the dispute surface around Shared Parental Leave - curtailment-notice withdrawals, partner eligibility challenges, refusing discontinuous bookings correctly, and the …
How Shared Parental Leave works: a guide for employers and parents
Explainer on the Shared Parental Leave framework. Covers what SPL is and is not, the curtailment-and-conversion mechanic, eligibility for both parents, the …
Set up Shared Parental Leave and Pay (SPL/ShPP) for an employee
Step-by-step process for handling a Shared Parental Leave and Pay request. Covers eligibility, the binding curtailment notice, the Notice of Entitlement, period-of-leave …
Statutory family leave and pay rates 2026/27 (paternity, adoption, SPL/ShPP)
Quick lookup of statutory paternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlements and pay rates for the 2026/27 tax year. For the underlying …
3 more guides that reference this instrument
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.