Unpaid leave and Parental leave

Q: We have an employee who has used all her annual leave. Then HR put her on 2 weeks leave without pay before commencing Parental leave. Will this create an issue when the employee is expected to return from Parental leave


A: How long is the employee going on parental leave?  Did baby arrive before they started parental?

Q: Baby came a lot earlier than expected before the start of Parental leave.

A: Then the following applies: parental leave stops when baby turns 1, so for example if the employee had baby then took 2 weeks of unpaid leave, then planned to take 52 weeks extended leave but because baby arrives two weeks early only 50 weeks of extended leave can be now taken.

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