Neonatal Care Leave Settings (UK)

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

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

Neonatal Care Leave settings
Setting	Description
Leave Details section
Status	The employment status for the leave. Usually the status is 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 Neonatal Care Leave.
Leave for Adoption	The leave is for adoption.
Start Date	The date that the leave begins. Defaults to the current date.
Estimated Return Date	A read-only field that shows N/A because the return date isn’t needed for this type of leave.
Matching Date	The date that the child is matched with the adopting parents. Only shown if the leave is for adoption.
Placement Date	The date the child is placed with the employee’s family. Only shown if the leave is for adoption.
End Date	The date that the leave ends.
Admission Date	The date that the child is admitted into neonatal care.
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. An employee has enough service for neonatal care leave if they were active during the 26 weeks before the value in the Relevant Week field.
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.
Actual Birth Date	The birth date of the child.
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 Relevant Week	Dayforce calculates whether the employee is in an active status during the relevant week and populates this field.
Average Weekly Pay	The employee's average weekly pay, calculated by Dayforce.
Relevant Week	The start date of the relevant week, which is calculated as follows: If Leave for Adoption is No and the employee is entitled to maternity or paternity leave: The relevant week is the 15th week (ending on a Saturday) before the child’s birth date. If Leave for Adoption is Yes and the employee is entitled to adoption leave: The relevant week is the start of the week that contains the matching date. If the employee is not entitled to other statutory leave: The relevant week is the week immediately before the admission date, as long as the Recalculate Relevant Week based on Admission Date checkbox is selected. The relevant week value shows the date from the Sunday at the start of this week.
Recalculate Relevant Week based on Admission Date	Determines how Dayforce calculates the relevant week for the neonatal care leave. When selected, Dayforce calculates the relevant week as the week before the admission date. When cleared, Dayforce calculates the relevant week as the 15th week before the child’s birth date or adoption matching date.
Not Entitled to SNCP Reason	The reason why the employee doesn’t qualify for statutory pay.
Reference Salary for Employer Pension Contributions	The reference salary that Dayforce uses to calculate the employer's pension contributions throughout the period of the leave.

You can link periods of neonatal care leave. See Linked Neonatal Care Leave Periods (UK).