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You claim Neonatal Care Pay and Leave through your employer. You must take it within 68 weeks (just under 16 months) of your baby鈥檚 birth date, including if your baby is adopted.

You must give your employer notice before you take Neonatal Care Pay and Leave. If you鈥檙e eligible for both, you should ideally do this at the same time.聽

How much notice you must give depends on when you鈥檙e taking the leave and pay.

If you鈥檙e taking leave and pay while your baby is in neonatal care (or in the first week after)

This is sometimes called 鈥榯ier 1鈥� leave.

You need to tell your employer on the day you want your leave to start, ideally before the time you usually start work or as soon as you can afterwards. You can give notice to your employer for pay up to 28 days after your leave starts.聽

If you need to continue leave and pay for another week, you鈥檒l need to let your employer know again. You should do this by the end of the previous week.

If your baby is likely to be in neonatal care for a long time, your employer may agree that you can contact them less frequently.

You need to tell your employer the date your baby leaves neonatal care as soon as possible.

If you鈥檙e taking leave and pay more than a week after your baby has left neonatal care

This is sometimes called 鈥榯ier 2鈥� leave.

If you鈥檙e taking one week of leave and pay, you鈥檒l need to tell your employer 15 days before you want your leave and pay to start. If you鈥檙e taking 2 or more weeks鈥� leave and pay, you鈥檒l need to tell them 28 days in advance.

To claim neonatal care leave, you must write to your employer telling them:

• your full name
• your baby鈥檚 date of birth and, if adopted, the date they were placed with you (or the date they entered into Great Britain if adopted from overseas)
• the start and end date of your baby鈥檚 neonatal care
• when you want your Neonatal Care Leave to begin
• how many weeks鈥� leave you want to take

For pay and leave, you鈥檒l also need to confirm:

• you鈥檒l care for the baby during the period you鈥檙e claiming for
• you鈥檙e the baby鈥檚 parent or mother鈥檚 partner with caring responsibilities for the baby - you鈥檒l only need to give this information the first time you write to your employer

If you have more than one baby in neonatal care

You鈥檒l need to provide your employer with information for each baby.