Neonatal Care Leave April 2025

Neonatal care leave is available to all employees who are parents of a child born on or after 6 April 2025. To qualify, the child must have received neonatal care within a period of 28 days (starting from the day after their date of birth) and the neonatal care must have lasted seven days or longer without interruption (the seven days are counted from the day after the neonatal care started). There are other specific conditions that an employee will need to meet to be entitled to take neonatal care leave.

SOS-HR have recently drafted a Company Neonatal Care Leave (SNCL) Policy and Procedure. This Neonatal Care Leave includes pay and policy of your Company’s commitment to supporting employees who need additional time off work when their new-born baby requires neonatal care.  Eligible parents are entitled to take statutory neonatal care leave (SNCL) with statutory neonatal care pay (SNCP), subject to certain conditions and requirements.

People professionals and management should note that the right to neonatal care leave is a statutory day one right. However, the right to statutory neonatal care pay will require 26 weeks of continuous service and earnings on average of £123 a week (£125 a week from 6 April 2025).

Please do get in touch if you need a SNCL for your business or organisation. If you would like written policies or procedures, HR assistance or help managing an employee situation please get in touch on 01473 276170 or email us at soshr@sos-hr.co.uk