LRD guides and handbook May 2019

Law at Work 2019 - the trade union guide to employment law

Chapter 9

Key elements of statutory adoption leave




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Statutory adoption leave lasts for 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.