Law at work 2020 - the trade union guide to employment law (July 2020)

Chapter 9

Key elements of statutory adoption leave

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Statutory adoption leave lasts for a maximum of 52 weeks, as follows:

Ordinary adoption leave (OAL): the first 26 weeks; and

Additional adoption leave (AAL): a further period of 26 weeks which follows immediately after ordinary adoption leave.


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