Our Employment Law Solicitors are specialists in advising on your adoption rights.

Providing that you qualify for the rights, you may have rights to:-

• Paid time off: Right to have paid time off work to attend meetings in advance of a child being placed with them for adoption. The main adopter can take paid time off on a maximum of five occasions and the joint adopter can take unpaid time off on two occasions. The maximum time off during working hours is 6.5 hours.
• Leave: Up to 52 weeks’ statutory adoption leave;
• Pay: 90% of normal weekly earnings for the first six weeks and the remaining 33 weeks is paid at £140.98 from 2 April 2017.
• Parental leave: Eligible parents caring for a child under the age of 5 years, can take unpaid leave for up to 4 weeks per year (up to a total of 18 weeks overall) to care for their child. The leave must be taken in whole weeks.

From April 2015, the Shared Parental Leave regime will be introduced.

Our Employment Advice Services

Our specialist Employment Solicitors can assist you by: –

• Advising you on your eligibility, rights and the legal procedures that you must follow,
• Assisting you in creating formal proposals for a return to work or flexible working,
• Helping you to prepare for any formal meeting, and
• Advising you on how to best deal with any navigate any issues that arise, including pursuing grievances or lodging a claim in the Employment Tribunal.

We are able to offer very competitive rates and fixed fee packages for our work. All our initial advice is provided by qualified solicitors and offered for free, so please call us on 0208 591 3366 or request a call back through the website.