Time off for dependants
Entitlement
All staff have the right to take time off to deal with a sudden or unexpected emergency situation involving children or other dependants. The length of time off required will vary depending upon the nature of the situation but is expected to be for no more than one or two days.
The ‘dependant’ person may be a parent or child; someone living in the same household as you such as your partner or an elderly relative but not a lodger, employee or tenant.
Time off may be requested to make any necessary care arrangements or provide assistance, for example:
- to accompany a dependant to hospital, clinic, GP surgery or dental surgery as an emergency
- to look after a sick dependant where other dependency arrangements cannot be made or have broken down.
Where the normal care arrangements of a dependant breakdown for an unavoidable reason, which requires the employee to care for the person. The employee may be required to provide evidence to substantiate the reason.
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Payment for time off for dependants leave
All employees may take up to three days paid leave in any one annual leave year to provide assistance or make arrangements for the care of dependants. Any additional leave agreed will be unpaid.
Human Resources records the amount of dependency leave taken through notification from the line manager authorising the dependency leave.
Should you exhaust the paid dependency leave entitlements in any one year, additional unpaid dependency leave, may be allowed. Applications should be made through your line manager in conjunction with Human Resources.
October 2008
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Date Published: 18/11/10