Questionnaire - FasterDraft

Who is Employee?

Indicate Employee's full name (i.e. this a person who is sending this letter):

Indicate Employee's full residential address:

Select the date on which this letter is being signed:

Select the reason for which Employee requests the parental leave request:

birth of the child
adoption of the child

Employee sending this letter is:

a father of a child
a mother of a child
a partner of a mother's child

Who is Employer?

Indicate Employer's full name:

Provide Employer's registered business address:

Indicate full name of Employer's representative to whom this letter is being addressed:

Usually this is a head of HR department or the company’s director.

Leave Details

Select the expected due date of the child:

Select the planned placement date of the child:

Indicate the number of weeks of maternity leave Employee wishes to take:

Employees are entitled for up to 50 weeks of maternity leave as the statutory right.

Select the date on which maternity leave shall start:

Select the date on which the maternity leave shall end:

Indicate Employee’s current entitlement to shared parental leave (in days):

Shared parental leave allows a father or partner to take paid or unpaid time off work to help care for a child after birth, by sharing the mother’s leave entitlement.

Employee is:

primary adopter
partner of a primary adopter

A primary adopter is the main person taking responsibility for adopting and caring for the child, while the partner of the primary adopter is their spouse, civil partner, or partner who shares childcare responsibilities.

Select the date on which adoption leave shall start:

Select the date on which adoption leave shall end:

Indicate how many weeks of adoption leave Employee wishes to take:

Indicate how many weeks of shared parental leave Employee wishes to take:

Partner of the primary adopter is their spouse, civil partner, or partner who shares childcare responsibilities and the one who is taking a shared parental leave.

Does Employee plan to take a paternity leave?

In the UK the partner of a primary adopter may be entitled to paternity leave if they meet the eligibility requirements, such as having sufficient continuous employment and responsibility for caring for the child after placement.

Select the date on which paternity leave shall start:

Select the date on which the paternity leave shall end:

Does Employee plan to request a shared parental pay?

Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) is a statutory payment in the UK that eligible parents can receive while taking shared parental leave to care for their child after birth or adoption.

Employee is planning to request the leave on:

continuous basis (uninterrupted leave)
discontinuous