Q: We have an employee who plans to start parental leave from 28^th January.

She’s on Annual leave from 20^th December to 27^th January.

Her baby has arrived early on 3^rd January.

Do we have to start her parental leave from 3^rd January?

Or can we leave it as is and pay her annual leave until 27^th Jan and then start her on parental leave from 28^th January?

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A: In the past annual leave would stop and parental would start if the baby arrived early but that was changed a couple of years ago so now the employee finishes their annual leave but it means extended leave will be shorter if she is taking 52 weeks because the baby will turn 1 before the end of the 52 weeks.