Leave
Employees leave procedures
Information for School employees covering the various types of leave available as part of the contract of employment at the School.
Categories of leave procedures
- Annual leave
- Bereavement leave
- Emergency dependants’ leave
- Discretionary unpaid leave
- Jury service leave
- Maternity leave
- Parental leave
- Paternity leave
- Shared parental leave
- Research leave policy - Research leave is granted by Faculties - all enquiries should be addressed to the relevant Faculty Office
- Sickness absence policy and procedure
- Time off for public duties
- Travel disruption policy
All these policies and procedures are in operation but some have not been agreed with the School's recognised trade unions. It should be noted that consultation with the School's recognised trade unions has been carried out on all these policies and procedures.
The various policies and procedures will be updated from time-to-time as required to reflect statutory changes. The School's recognised trade unions will be consulted and invited to comment on any proposed changes to policies or procedures.
Any enquiries relating to the production or content of these pages should be addressed to your designated HR Manager.
The Adoption leave procedure is being developed by the HR Directorate and it is should be available online shortly; In the meantime if you have any queries regarding Adoption Leave, please raise them with your HR Officer.
HR Directorate
November 2013