Shared Parental Leave

Under the shared parental leave legislation, a working mother can transfer one week of her 16 weeks of Government-paid maternity leave to her legally wedded husband. Global Payroll for Singapore delivers an absence take to reduce the mother’s maternity leave entitlement by one week. When the transfer of maternity leave to the child’s father needs to be recorded in the system, the take element SPL TRANSFER TAKE is used to take away one week’s time from the mother’s maternity leave entitlement.

To reduce the maternity leave entitlement by one week due to the shared parental leave, the take element SPL TRANSFER TAKE has to be entered for a period of 7 days starting from the commencement date of the maternity leave. This entry can also be made retroactively, if the mother has transferred one week of her maternity leave entitlement to her spouse after the commencement of her maternity leave.

Supporting Elements for Shared Parental Leave

The system delivers or updates these elements to support shared parental leave:

• Absence entitlement SPAT LVE ENT.

  Formulae SPAT FM ENT CALC and SPAT FM RESOLV ENT are referenced in absence entitlement SPAT LVE ENT.

• Absence take SPAT LVE TAKE.

  Formula SPAT FM LVE TAKE is referenced in absence take SPAT LVE TAKE as the day formula element.

• Absence take SPL TRANSFER TAKE.

• (Modified) Absence take MAT LVE TAKE (Maternity Leave Take).