Our parental leave and pay policy is set out to make sure we’re offering a supportive and inclusive environment for upcoming and new parents.

This policy applies to all permanent members of the team (providing you have worked for the company for at least 1 day at the estimated time of conception / adoption placement) no matter how many hours you work. It explains the guidelines for both primary and secondary caregivers.

We define a primary caregiver as: the caregiver taking the largest amount of statutory leave/pay.

It doesn’t matter if the Mojo employee is the mother, father or adoptive parent guidelines apply based on caregiver status.

Principles

The parental leave & pay policy is supported by a few principles:

Statutory rights

This policy follows UK employment laws. The details set out in this policy build on UK statutory Maternity, Paternity, Shared Parental and adoption leave and pay rights. Please see appendix 1 for details on Statutory Rights.

Equality

Equality and inclusiveness are core Mojo values. We understand that every family is unique -the primary caregiver isn’t always the biological mother of the baby. So this policy is set out in terms of primary and secondary caregivers, not in terms of mothers and fathers.

Protection against discrimination

A core principle of this policy is to protect the Mojo team from discrimination. No-one should feel they can’t (or don’t want to) let the company know about pregnancy. And no-one should be treated unfairly on the basis of maternity, paternity or adoption.

Notifying Mojo you want to take parental leave

Transparency is at the core of how we do things. So you should let your line manager know as soon as you’re ready.

By the time you reach 15 weeks before your new arrival is expected to be born or placed (known as the qualifying week), or as soon as reasonable afterwards you’ll need to share the following information in writing:

• That you’re intending to take parental leave as a primary or secondary caregiver,
• The expected week of childbirth (EWC) or adoption placement date
• The date you’d like to begin your leave.
• Where a pregnancy is involved - copy of the MATB1 certificate from your doctor or midwife

Access to information

As soon as you let us know of upcoming adoption or pregnancy, you should be told about all your rights when becoming a parent. This includes the right to paid parental leave, working in a safe environment, statutory rights salary, and benefits applicable rules and regulations (we’ll explain those further down).