Becoming a parent is one of the most important moments in your life. We want to support you as best we can at this crucial time for you and your family. We hope our Parenthood Policy gives parents at Accurx, and their partners, equal opportunity to balance responsibilities as they choose for their family.

Definitions 📚

• Birthing parent: the gender-neutral term that refers to anyone who has or will give birth and will/has become a parent. Birthing parents may be eligible for statutory maternity leave.
• Non-birthing parents: the gender-neutral term that refers to anyone who will not give birth and will/has become a parent. This includes biological and adoptive parents. Non-birthing parents may be eligible for statutory paternity, adoptive, or shared-parental leave.

Statutory Benefit:

Maternity Leave or Adoption Leave

• Statutory Maternity Leave/Statutory Adoption Leave is 52 weeks, made up of:
  • Ordinary Maternity Leave (OML)/ Ordinary Adoption Leave (OAL)- first 26 weeks
  • Additional Maternity Leave/Additional Adoption Leave- last 26 weeks

Maternity Pay or Adoption Pay

• Statutory Maternity Pay/ Statutory Adoption Pay (SMP/AP) is paid for up to 39 weeks. You will receive:
  • 90% of your average weekly earnings (before tax) for the first 6 weeks
  • £172.48 or 90% of your average weekly earnings (whichever is lower) for the next 33 weeks
  • Weeks 39-52 are unpaid
• SMP/AP typically starts when you start your maternity leave/adoption leave
  • If you are off work for pregnancy related illness in the 4 weeks before your baby’s due date, SMP will start automatically.

Paternity Leave

• 1 or 2 weeks of Paternity Leave
• Leave must be taken in one go and can’t start before the birth
• Leave must end 56 days after the birth, or due date if baby is early
• The rules are different if you adopt.

Paternity Pay

• £172.48 or 90% of your average weekly earnings (whichever is lower.)

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