Home » HR practices » Diversity » Great Britain: Standard Life Aberdeen insurance offers 9 months paid parental leave Great Britain: Standard Life Aberdeen insurance offers 9 months paid parental leave Starting January 2020, all new parents working for Standard Life Aberdeen (regardless of gender and including those having recourse to adoption and/or surrogacy) will, from the moment of hire, have the right to 40 weeks of parental leave on full pay. This landmark policy is one of the most generous in the U.K. Through . Published on 31 October 2019 Ă 11h07 - Update on 31 October 2019 Ă 15h08 Resources In total some 200 affected staff will be able to take 52 weeks leave as intended by UK law. However they will also be able to benefit from 40 of those weeks at full pay. This is vastly superior to what is intended by the legislation, which is in fact 6 weeks at 90% of average weekly salary and then 33 weeks paid at the lower of ÂŁ148.68 per week (€172.43) or 90% of weekly salary.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialitĂ©.CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels