Leave and pay for working parents - a guide for trade union reps (October 2014)

Chapter 4

Negotiating checklist on surrogacy leave

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Reps could consider the following:

• are there any contractual benefits already available or that might be negotiated in relation to surrogacy arrangements?

• where all leave has been exhausted for surrogacy leave, check the amount of annual leave that can be taken in one block and/or if annual leave can be saved up from one period to the next, and try to negotiate more flexibility using annual leave;

• unpaid leave can also be negotiated but the terms of the arrangement should be set out in writing to protect the member.


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