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Letter Requesting Parental Leave - Template Form

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Letter Requesting Parental Leave - Template Form
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Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: Shared Parental Leave Request

I am writing to formally request Shared Parental Leave upon the birth of my child. The due date of my child is ________.

As is required by law, I shall take two weeks of statutory maternity leave which shall begin on ________ and end on ________. Therefore, my remaining entitlement to shared parental leave is 50 weeks'.

I am therefore giving notice of my request to take ________ weeks' shared parental leave. This will be a period of continuous leave that I wish to begin on ________ and end on ________. I shall therefore return to work on ________.

I should also like to receive Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) for the weeks I am on shared parental leave. My current entitlement to ShPP is ________ weeks. During my shared parental leave I wish to receive ________ weeks of ShPP. I wish to receive ShPP between the weeks of ________ and ________.

Yours faithfully,


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