Eligible employees can take unpaid parental leave to look after their child’s welfare, for example to: 

• spend more time with their children 

• look at new schools 

• settle children into new childcare arrangements 

• spend more time with family, such as visiting grandparents 

Their employment rights (external link)(like the right to pay, holidays and returning to a job) are protected during parental leave. 

See also: 

• Entitlement (external link) 

• Eligibility (external link) 

• Notice period (external link) 

• Delaying leave (external link)