Overview of chart structure

Chart begins when an employee notifies their manager they want to access the Shared Maternity and Shared Adoption Policy. Then the employee provides their manager with a Shared parental leave form.

The employee’s entitlement is confirmed in writing.

The manager and employee then agree on contact arrangements, then the employee begins their leave.

The manager and employee discuss return to work arrangements. If the employee is not returning to work on the agreed date, the date is amended and confirmed in writing by the manager and the process ends.

If the employee is breastfeeding or expressing when they return to work, they are referred to the Breastfeeding Policy.

If the employee is not returning to NHS employment, they must provide written notice in line with contract terms and conditions. The manager then confirms if any occupational shared parental pay should be repaid and the process ends.

Shared Maternity and Shared Adoption Policy flowchart

Chart begins when an employee notifies their manager they want to access the Shared Maternity and Shared Adoption Policy. Then the employee provides their manager with a Shared parental leave form. Then employee’s entitlement confirmed in writing.

Then manager and employee agree contract arrangements, then employee begins leave.

Then manager and employee discuss return to work arrangements. Then the question is asked, employee returning to work on agreed date?

If the answer is yes to the question, employee returning to work on agreed date, then the question is asked, is the employee breastfeeding or expressing? To go to this question, follow the next link otherwise skip the next link. Jump to the question, is the employee breastfeeding or expressing?

If the answer is no to the question, employee returning to work on agreed date, then the question is asked, employee returning to work in NHS?

If the answer is no to the question, employee returning to work in NHS, then the employee provides written notice in line with contract terms and conditions. Then manager confirms if any occupational shared parental pay repayments are required, then the process ends.

If the answer is yes to the question, employee returning to work in NHS, then the employee informs manager of request to amend return to work date. Then the manager confirms outcome of request in writing.

Then the flow connects to the question, is the employee breastfeeding or expressing?

If the answer is yes to the question is the employee breastfeeding or expressing, then the employee is referred to the Breastfeeding Policy. Then the process ends.

If the answer is no to the question is the employee breastfeeding or expressing, then the employee returns to work, then the process ends.