SPM30140 - Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) - Overview

Referral to Acas/LRA

Employee’s employment protection rights

Terminating someone’s employment because they take or seek to take adoption leave is automatically unfair dismissal.

If a customer needs more information about employment rights refer them to:

• Acas in Great Britain, or
• LRA in Northern Ireland.

Referrals to Acas or LRA

These guidelines only provide enough information to deal with basic enquiries about an employee’s entitlement to adoption leave. If you cannot answer the enquiry using these guidelines, refer the customer to the Acas or LRA. HMRC staff are not expected to become experts on adoption leave.

Acas and LRA have public enquiry points based in their main offices across the country which deal with questions from employers, employees and others about a wide range of employment relations matters. Their contact numbers are as follows:

Acas

National enquiry line 08457 47 47 47

Their website address is www.acas.org.uk

LRA

Belfast, 028 9032 1442

Londonderry, 028 7126 9639

Their website address is www.lra.org.uk

Other help

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) publishes guidance on adoption leave and pay available from www.businesslink.gov.uk/workandfamilies. Free confidential advice on adoption leave and employment rights is available from Acas on 08457 47 47 47