Maternity, paternity, fostering, adoption leave and pay for employees
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request copies of your current policies, guidance or documents relating to maternity, paternity, fostering and adoption leave and pay for employees.
Specifically, I would like copies of any policies or guidance setting out:
1) Maternity leave and pay, including eligibility, entitlement, duration of leave, rates of pay and any enhanced contractual maternity pay.
2) Paternity leave and pay, including eligibility, entitlement, duration of leave, rates of pay and any enhanced contractual paternity pay.
3) Fostering leave and pay, including any leave or pay available to employees who foster a child, including eligibility, entitlement, duration of leave and rates of pay.
4) Adoption leave and pay, including eligibility, entitlement, duration of leave, rates of pay and any enhanced contractual adoption pay.
Where the information is contained within a wider employment policy or document, I would be grateful if you could provide the relevant document in full.
If any of the requested information is already publicly available, please provide the relevant link or location of the information.
If you consider that any part of this request is exempt from disclosure, please provide the information that can be disclosed.
Response
Thank you for your request which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
In your email you have requested copies of our current policies, guidance or documents relating to maternity, paternity, fostering and adoption leave and pay for employees. Specifically:
1) Maternity leave and pay, including eligibility, entitlement, duration of leave, rates of pay and any enhanced contractual maternity pay.
2) Paternity leave and pay, including eligibility, entitlement, duration of leave, rates of pay and any enhanced contractual paternity pay.
3) Fostering leave and pay, including any leave or pay available to employees who foster a child, including eligibility, entitlement, duration of leave and rates of pay.
4) Adoption leave and pay, including eligibility, entitlement, duration of leave, rates of pay and any enhanced contractual adoption pay.
Where the information is contained within a wider employment policy or document, you would be grateful if we could provide the relevant document in full.
Please see the attached document containing the information held by the Gambling Commission falling within the scope of your request. In order to be of assistance, we have identified the following sections in correlation with the areas mentioned within your request:
- Maternity leave and pay - Section 6
- Paternity leave - Section 9
- The Gambling Commission does not hold any information falling within the scope of this part of your request.
- Adoption leave - Section 7
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Information Management Team
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