Surrogacy Leave Settings (UK)

HR Administration Guide

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R2025.2.1
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2025-12-09
Surrogacy 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 Surrogacy in the Reason drop-down list, Dayforce shows the sections and settings described in the following table.

Surrogacy 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 Surrogacy.
Start Date

The date the leave begins. Defaults to the current date.

Estimated Return Date

The date that the employee is expected to return to work. This date can’t be more than 52 weeks after the leave’s start date.

Due Date The date the employee's child is expected to be born.
Estimated Placement Date The date the child is expected to be placed with the employee’s family.
End Date

The date 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.

Intent to Apply Parental order The employee intends to apply a parental order.
Actual Birth Date

The birth date of the child.

Actual Birth Notification Date

The date that the notification of the actual birth is submitted.

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.

Qualifying Week Dayforce calculates the qualifying week based on the due date provided on the leave request and populates this field.
On Payroll in the Qualifying Week Dayforce calculates whether 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.

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).

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 the KIT days.