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# Parental Leave
# Maternity, Paternity & Shared Parental Leave

Our current parental leave package is two weeks at full pay followed by statutory allowance.
When you welcome a new child (birthed or adopted), Made Tech encourages you to take leave, to welcome the child into the world.
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Lots of "welcoming" - maybe:
When you welcome a new child (birthed or adopted), Made Tech encourages you to take leave and spend time introducing your child to the world.
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I'd recommend introducing your child to the family or something, adopted children generally tend to be older so have already see the world a bit. Just a thought

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For context:

5% (230) of children adopted during the year ending 31st March 2016 were under 1 year old
72% (3,370) were aged between 1 and 4 years old
22% (1,020) were aged between 5 and 9 years old
1% (70) were aged between 10 and 15 years old
None were aged 16 and over (to nearest 10)

From - https://www.adoptionuk.org/press-media/adoption-facts-and-figures-england


In addition to this, we offer a number of benefits, including [Remote Working](benefits/remote_working.md) and [Untracked Holiday Allowance](benefits/untracked_holiday.md). We believe these benefits provide new parents with flexibility and allow them to achieve a good balance between work and family life.
### Maternity Leave
We provide two weeks Maternity Leave at full pay followed by statutory pay for a further 37 weeks. You can take up to a total of 52 weeks. There are detailed government guidelines here: [www.gov.uk/employers-maternity-pay-leave](https://www.gov.uk/employers-maternity-pay-leave).

_Note: There is a strong desire to improve our parental leave offering. We're currently constrained by our company size, but as we grow and get a larger team and turnover, we're expecting to be able to make a more attractive package available._
### Paternity Leave
We provide two weeks Paternity Leave at full pay and the option of shared parental leave. The paternity leave must end within 56 days of the birth. Government guidelines available here: [www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave](https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave).

### Shared Parental Leave
We provide two weeks Shared Parental Leave at full pay and up to 37 weeks at statutory pay. The rules around SPL are fairly complex, government guidelines are available here: [https://www.gov.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-pay](https://www.gov.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-pay).

### Other Considerations
We offer a number of additional company benefits which may be attractive to new parents, including [Remote Working](/benefits/remote_working.md), [Untracked Holiday Allowance](/benefits/untracked_holiday.md), [Flexible Work Weeks](/benefits/flexible_working.md) and [Flexible Working Hours](/benefits/working_hours.md).

_Note: There is a strong desire to improve our offering, though we're currently constrained by our company size. As we grow and get a larger team and turnover, we're expecting to be able to make a more attractive package available_