Parental Leave guidance

Guidance and resources for line managers and employees currently on or preparing to begin parental leave.

When a team member shares the wonderful news that they’re expecting, it’s natural for line managers to feel both joy and uncertainty. Understanding HR policies, employment law, and how best to support staff before, during, and after parental leave can be challenging.

To help, the National Finance Academy, working with NHS finance volunteers, has developed resources and guidance to support line managers and ensure a positive experience for both employees and their families. These include a ‘Parental Leave: Guidance for Line Managers’ resource pack and an interactive e-module covering HR, employment law, and key challenges around parental leave.

A resource guide for employees preparing for parental leave is also available below.

Parental Leave: resource pack for Line Managers

Download our informative and helpful guidance for line managers to help them support members of staff whilst on different forms of parental leave. Including up to date information on HR & employment law, useful checklists to keep you reminded on your responsibilities, and examples of policies shared by different NHS organisations.

Read it here

Parental leave: guide for employees

We are pleased to provide an employee resource to support staff who are due to go on parental leave. Including case studies providing lived experiences from colleagues within the NHS finance community.

Find it here

Parental Leave e-module

Use this informative free e-module to test your knowledge on current HR and employment law in relation to different forms of parental leave. All the information included is ready for download once you complete the e-module, for you to refer back to again and again.

Test yourself

To access the e-module please follow these steps:

  1. You need to have an HFMA website account and be logged into the website. If you do not have an account please register as a website user: https://www.hfma.org.uk/website-user-registration
  2. When you are logged into the hfma website, click on the Test Yourself button below to access the e-module (the link is https://academy.hfma.org.uk/course/view.php?id=322)
  3. Click on the enrol me button to enrol yourself on the course.
  4. Click on parental leave for finance managers to open the course.

If you have any issues, please contact us: one.finance@nhs.net