What happens if an employee has qualified for parental leave, but then changes jobs?
Unless the new employer is an associated employer, employees with children born on or adopted on or after 15 December 1999 (the date the right was first introduced) need to complete a years qualifying service with their new employer before they can take parental leave. Employees with children born or adopted between 15 December 1994 and 14 December 1999 need to have completed a year’s continuous service with an employer between 15 December 1998 and 9 January 2002. Continuous employment and a week’s pay provides guidance on when time with a previous employer may count towards continuity of employment. 2.2 Caring for a child The purpose of parental leave is to care for a child. This means looking after the welfare of a child and can include making arrangements for the good of a child. Caring for a child does not necessarily mean being with the child 24 hours a day. The leave might be taken simply to enable the parents to spend more time with young children. Examples of the way leave migh
