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DEFINITION OF DEPENDANT

A dependant means any of the following people, providing they do rely on you for
their care or to make arrangements for their care:

a. Your spouse, civil partner, parent or child
b. A person living in your house who is not your employee, tenant, lodger or boarder
c. Any other person who reasonably relies on you for their care or to provide
assistance, make arrangements, or take action of the kind referred to above

PERIOD OF TIME OFF PERMITTED

You are entitled to “reasonable” time off depending on the circumstances of the
particular emergency. It may be a small proportion of the working day or the whole
day. In most cases the amount of time off will not exceed one or two days.

Please note that you are not normally entitled to time off to provide care for a
dependant, only to make arrangements for the provision of that care.

If you are unable to make alternative arrangements, you must contact your line
manager and explain why further absence is required. If further time off no longer
qualifies as time off for dependants, it is at the discretion of the company whether or
not to grant annual leave/discretionary unpaid leave at short notice.

PAYMENT FOR TIME OFF

There is no statutory right to receive pay while taking time off for absence due to
dependants leave. Therefore, the company does not pay employees for any time off
for dependants.

ABSENCE NOTIFICATION

If you take time off for any of the reasons above, the company will expect you to follow
the absence notification procedure set out in this handbook, and if you fail to do so,
you may be liable to disciplinary action. Should you require time off to care for a
dependant, you must notify your line manager as soon as reasonably practicable and
must give an indication of how long you expect to be off.

During the period of absence it is expected that you will maintain appropriate
contact with your line manager.