Time Off for Parents and Carers
Information on rights to take Time off for Dependants, unpaid Parental Leave and Parental Bereavement Leave for parents and carers.
Time off for Dependants
Find out about your rights to take Time off for Dependants.
Parental Leave
All parents have a right to take unpaid Parental Leave of up to 18 weeks per child.
Time off work for grandparents and kinship carers
If you are looking after a child who is not your own on a regular basis, you may have similar rights to take time off work as if you were a parent.
Time off work for medical or other appointments
A guide to your rights to time off work if you need to attend appointments with your child.
Parental Bereavement Leave (Jack’s law)
A guide to parents' right to bereavement leave following the death of a child.
What can I claim during parental leave from work?
Your guide to whether you can claim benefits when taking unpaid parental leave, maternity leave, shared parental leave, or another form of statutory family leave.
Time off work for parents or carers of disabled children
The law is complicated. Here we provide an outline guide to some employee rights to time off work for parents and carers of disabled children.