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KEEPING IN TOUCH DAYS

a. The company will keep in reasonable contact with you during your adoption leave.
This may be to discuss your plans for return to work, any special arrangements to
be made or training required or to keep you informed on developments at work
during your absence

b. By mutual agreement, you can work up to 10 days’ during your adoption leave.
These days can be used to carry out work, attend meetings or to attend training
courses

c. The amount of pay you will receive for attending such days will be agreed with you
at the time but you will receive at least the current rate of the national
minimum wage for every hour worked

d. Your entitlement to SAP will continue during this time

CONTRACTUAL BENEFITS DURING ADOPTION LEAVE

During ordinary adoption leave and additional adoption leave, all terms and
conditions of your employment contract except normal pay will continue. Salary will
be replaced by SAP if you are eligible.

This means that while salary payments will cease, all other benefits will remain in
place. For example holiday entitlement will continue to accrue.

Pension contributions will continue to be made during any period when you are
receiving SAP but not during any period of unpaid adoption leave. Employee
contributions during any paid period of adoption leave will be based on actual pay
while the company’s contributions will continue to be based on your full salary.

You will be advised before you start adoption leave if you have any outstanding
holiday entitlement. In order to agree a holiday plan which suits both you and the
company and is in line with the company’s rules on booking holidays, your line
manager will discuss the following options with you prior to the start of your adoption
leave:

a. That you take outstanding and accrued holiday before commencing adoption leave
b. That you carry some leave over and take it on return to work after adoption leave
c. Pay you for any outstanding holiday leave as if you were leaving the company for
holiday entitlement in excess of the statutory minimum

YOUR RIGHT TO RETURN

You are normally entitled to return to the same job you did before your period of