As an employer of choice, the University of Edinburgh aims to support staff in achieving a healthy work/life balance, recognising that many staff will have family responsibilities and that all staff will have occasional need to be absent from work to attend to personal or domestic emergencies. Family Leave related policiesThe University is committed to providing support for employees and in most cases provides contractual benefits over and above the statutory provision for employees with sufficient service.Regardless of length of service, the University will always take into account the circumstances of the employee when decisions about the employee's role, work, and health and safety are considered.This statement of overarching principles applies to the suite of Family Leave Related Policies, including:Adoption/Surrogacy Leave Policy (with effect from 1 June 2019)Flexible Working PolicyFlexible Retirement PolicyMaternity Policy (with effect from 1 June 2019)Parental Leave Policy Partner Leave PolicyShared Parental Leave PolicyEmergency Time-off for DependantsAll of these Policies can be found on the HR Family Leave Policy page. In addition, we have also listed below, direct links to the specific HR sections: Parental leave Maternity leavePartner leaveShared parental leaveAdoption/surrogacy leave Childcare Childcare vouchersDay nurseriesEmergency childcare (see bottom of page)Flexible working and other leaveFlexible workingFull list of leave and absence optionsCarers and dependantsEmergency time off for dependantsCaring for carers Document athena_swan_carers_travel_grant_award_final_300719 (130.64 KB / DOCX) If you are unable to find the information you are looking for, please contact Human Resources. Family Leave related policiesThe University is committed to providing support for employees and in most cases provides contractual benefits over and above the statutory provision for employees with sufficient service.Regardless of length of service, the University will always take into account the circumstances of the employee when decisions about the employee's role, work, and health and safety are considered.This statement of overarching principles applies to the suite of Family Leave Related Policies, including:Adoption/Surrogacy Leave Policy (with effect from 1 June 2019)Flexible Working PolicyFlexible Retirement PolicyMaternity Policy (with effect from 1 June 2019)Parental Leave Policy Partner Leave PolicyShared Parental Leave PolicyEmergency Time-off for DependantsAll of these Policies can be found on the HR Family Leave Policy page. In addition, we have also listed below, direct links to the specific HR sections:Parental leave Image Maternity leavePartner leaveShared parental leaveAdoption/surrogacy leaveChildcareChildcare vouchers Image Day nurseriesEmergency childcare (see bottom of page)Flexible working and other leaveFlexible workingFull list of leave and absence optionsCarers and dependantsEmergency time off for dependantsCaring for carers Document athena_swan_carers_travel_grant_award_final_300719 (130.64 KB / DOCX) If you are unable to find the information you are looking for, please contact Human Resources. This article was published on 2024-09-09
