Adoption Leave Settings (UK)

Before You Begin: This topic applies only to UK pay groups. For general information about the Leave Management screen, see Leave Management.

When you select Adoption in the Reason drop-down list, Dayforce shows the sections and settings described in the following table.

Adoption leave settings
Setting	Description
Leave Details section
Status	The employment status for the leave. The status is usually set to Inactive.
Reason	The reason for the leave. The leave reason determines the fields and settings shown for the leave. In this case, the leave reason is Adoption.
Start Date	The date the leave begins. Defaults to the current date.
Estimated Return Date	The date the employee is expected to return to work.
Matching Date	The date that the child is matched with the adopting parents.
Placement Date	The date that the child is placed with the adopting parents.
End Date	The date that the leave ends.
HR Information section
Has Enough Notice	A Yes or No value to indicate whether the employee has given enough notice for the leave request.
Date Relevant for Length of Service	The date used to calculate whether the employee has enough service for the leave request.
Has Enough Service	Dayforce calculates whether the employee has enough service to qualify for statutory pay for the leave and populates this field with Yes or No.
Date Evidence Received	The date that the evidence for the leave request is received.
Evidence Valid	A Yes or No value to indicate whether the evidence provided by the employee is valid.
Matching Week	Dayforce calculates the matching week based on the matching date value provided on the leave request and populates this field.
Override Average Weekly Pay	The override value for the employee's average weekly pay.
Override Average Weekly Pay Reason	The reason for the average weekly pay override.
On Payroll in the Matching Week	Dayforce calculates if the employee is in an active status during the qualifying week and populates this field.
Average Weekly Pay	The employee's average weekly pay, calculated by Dayforce.
Generate Payment Schedule	Generates a PDF file containing the payment schedule, so that employee can understand what their payments are through their leave period.
SAP1 Issued Date	The date on which the SAP1 form is issued for employees who are refused Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP).
Not Entitled to SAP Reason	The reason why the employee doesn’t qualify for Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP).
Reference Salary for Employer Pension Contributions	A reference salary so that Dayforce can calculate the employer's pension contributions throughout the period of the leave.
Keep In Touch section
Effective From Effective To	Effective dates of the employee’s keep in touch (KIT) days.
Paid	Determines whether the employee is paid for KIT days.