Neonatal care leave | New rights from April 6, 2025
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Neonatal care leave | New rights from April 6, 2025


On January 2025, the government announced that the right to leave neonatal care and related salaries (which meet the requirements) will be valid starting April 6, 2025. This follows the introduction of neonatal care laws (leave and pay) (‘law’) and Marking one of the many changes in labor law that we expect to be seen over the next few years.

Seeing April 6, 2025 only more than 9 weeks, this is what you need to know.

Who will be closed by neonatal treatment?

Neonatal care leave will include the working parents whose babies are treated in neonatal care:

  1. before the end of the 28 -day period starts with the day after the birth of the child; And
  2. who have a continuous stay in the hospital 7 full or more days.

This will be the first day and will give the right to parents who meet the above requirements to take up to 12 weeks of leave on other leave that they may have the right, such as maternity leave and father.

The law confirms that ‘neonatal care’ will include medical or palliative maintenance specified in the regulations.

Because this is the first day, an organization will be asked to offer this leave to all their employees as long as they meet the feasibility requirements. This is regardless of any qualifying service, or lack. However, please see below about payment of legal neonatal care that requires the continuity of service.

The organization must ensure that their latest policies to take into account today’s rights and manage their existence in the organizational structure.

Payment of Legal Neonatal Care

This will only be available for parents above who meet the continuity of service requirements and also the minimum income threshold.

Feasibility will be subject to:

  1. has at least 26 weeks of sustainable service such as in ‘relevant weeks’; And
  2. Produce an average weekly income above the lower income threshold (see below).

Lower income threshold

The current lower income threshold is £ 123 per week but will increase in April 2025 to £ 125 per week.

This is measured by the normal weekly income of individuals for the 8 -week period ended with ‘relevant weeks’. Income must not be lower than the lower income limit at the end of the relevant week ‘.

What is the relevant week?

When calculating the feasibility for payment of neonatal care according to the law, the test refers to at least 26 weeks of sustainable service as in ‘relevant weeks’.

Law defines ‘relevant weeks’ as any case:

  • Where the person is entitled to payment of pregnancy is mandatory in connection with the child, it will be the week immediately before the 14th week before the expected week of the confinement;
  • where the person is entitled to the payment of the father according to the law in connection with the child, it will be the same week as the relevant week (including the payment of the father’s law related to adoption);
  • Where the person is entitled to payment of legal adoption in connection with the child, it will be the same week as the relevant week.

Or, in other cases, a relevant week is a week before where neonatal treatment begins.

Contract restrictions out

This law limits efforts to contract this right. Specifically, the law states that an agreement does not apply if it is intended to exclude, limit or modify rights or where the agreement is intended to ask someone to contribute to the costs incurred by the employer or the former employer.

What should the organization do to prepare?

It is always better to be proactive than reactive to changes in law. If you are an organization, we will urge you to ensure that your latest policy is to discuss this right before April 6, 2025.

If you want to help in reviewing or changing your existing policies in connection with neonatal care leave, please reach our work team members. Please visit the employment and immigration department of our website to see various services that we can help.

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