Overview of Setting Up Plan and Type for Parental Bereavement Leave

An employee is entitled to Statutory Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay if they meet the eligibility criteria set by the legislation.

The rate of pay that the employee receives is also set by the legislation. Statutory Parental Bereavement Leave (SPBL) entry is currently only supported at Person level. The application will perform the following checks:

• The employee must have been employed for 26 weeks continuously into the qualifying week to receive Statutory Parental Bereavement Leave.
• The employee’s average earnings (during the relevant period) must be at or above the Lower Earnings Limit.
• Statutory Parental Bereavement pay is not payable after the 56th week after the date of death or stillbirth of child. The date of death or stillbirth of the child is recorded on the absence entry.
• The leave exceeded 2 weeks of Statutory Paternity Pay.
• The leave blocks are for 7 days.
• The employee does not have an overlapping Statutory Sick Pay absence.
  Note: If a Statutory Sick Pay absence is entered after the Statutory Parental Bereavement Leave, then the Statutory Parental Bereavement Leave will need to be re-evaluated.

If any of these checks fails, the application creates the appropriate certification. Otherwise, it calculates the employee’s entitlement to SPBL.

Enable Processing for SPBL

There is no requirement to perform a transition process for Statutory Parental Bereavement Leave.

Note: The core bidding functionality is not supported for the generic absence type used for parental bereavement leaves.