Overview of Leave Agreements

Apart from an absence plan and absence type, the shared parental leave feature also uses the Leave Agreements and relevant templates.

The Shared Parental Leave functionality is governed by a leave agreement. This requires the user to set up a leave agreement template that specifies:

• The source plan (where the entitlement is converted from a maternity or adoption leave)
• The target plan (the plan associated to the Shared Parental Leave agreement)

Leave agreements functionality controls the amount of leave that is used when a person consumes the Shared Parental Leave. The mother or adopter must curtail their maternity or adoption leave or pay in order to allow a partner to consume their Shared Parental Leave.

The Leave agreement functionality converts the remaining leave from a maternity or adoption plan, if the plan is with the same employer. You can also manually enter the leave values that can be used for Shared Parental Leave. The Shared Parental Leave consists of payable and nonpayable leave. The amount of leave being entered by a person is validated against the amounts in the leave agreement.

You must create four leave agreement templates as follows:

• Shared Parental Leave for mother
• Shared Parental Leave for adopter
• Shared Parental Leave for the mother’s partner
• Shared Parental Leave for the Adopter’s partner