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Planning your time off when a baby arrives. Rules and pay differ by country and employer, so check official guidance and your contract.

Before you tell work

• Check your employer's policy
• Check leave and pay eligibility
• Check notice deadlines

Planning

• Give the required notice in writing
• Agree start and end dates
• Check shared or partner leave options
• Agree contact during leave

Money

• Work out your pay during leave
• Make a family budget
• Check family benefits you can claim

Before you go

• Hand over your work
• Set an out of office
• Agree how work will contact you

Going back

• Arrange childcare
• Plan a settling-in period
• Confirm return-to-work arrangements
• Ask about flexible working

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