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UCL has a range of policies to support work-life balance and a family-friendly environment.
- Flexible working
- Leave for domestic and personal reasons
- Parental Leave Information
As per the Maternity leave policy, a Risk Assessment must be carried out once an employee has notified their line manager of their pregnancy and this should be reviewed each trimester.
- Parental Leave Toolkit
- Parental Leave FAQs
- Shared Parental Leave (incl. shared parental leave flowchart PDF file)
- Parental leave abbreviations and definitions
- Apply for Adoption leave
- Apply for Maternity leave
- Apply for paternity/partner's leave
- Apply for Shared Parental Leave (PLN (V) form can be found in step 7)
- Apply for KIT/SPLIT days (Link to the KIT/SPLIT Days form can be found in the KIT/SPLIT days section of the page)
- Tools to help plan your leave: maternity leave calculator and leave planner
If you have any questions regarding any of the above forms, please contact hr-services@ucl.ac.uk.
- Quiet and Breastfeeding Rooms at UCL
- REF and Maternity Leave
The number of research outputs that are required for REF submission takes into consideration career breaks due to maternity leave. Prior to REF submission, an Individual Staff Disclosure form is filled out that stipulates any circumstances that have had an effect on your research outputs that will be used to decide on reductions to your submission.
In addition, UCL provides for one term of sabbatical leave without teaching commitments for research active academics returning from maternity leave.
