UK reward metrics · Time Off & Family

Do UK organisations provide paid neonatal care leave above the statutory entitlement (Neonatal Care Act, April 2025)?

Source lumi HRBase 265 organisationsFieldwork 2026 H1

66.8%Statutory only

66.8% of organisations in the lumi HR community answered “Statutory only” on neonatal care leave above statutory (base: 265 UK organisations, 2026 H1).

Figures describe organisations in the lumi HR community, not a random sample of UK employers.

How UK organisations answered

Statutory only 66.8% Enhanced pay 24.2% Enhanced pay + leave 9.1%
Neonatal care leave above statutory (base: 265 organisations, 2026 H1). Percentages percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.
Neonatal care leave above statutory: share of organisations by answer
AnswerShare of organisations
Statutory onlycommon66.8%
Enhanced payalternative24.2%
Enhanced pay + leaverare9.1%

Common, alternative and rare describe how each answer sits against the community: the most chosen answer is common; an answer chosen by fewer than one in five organisations is rare.

Definition

Captures whether neonatal care leave is enhanced above the statutory entitlement, through better pay, additional leave, or both. See the methodology for how the base is built, how not-applicable answers are handled, the public floor, and which organisations are excluded.

Cite this figure
Source: lumi HR, UK Reward Metrics, September 2026, lumihr.co.uk/metrics/neonatal-care-leave-above-statutory
Last updated 19 September 2026 · Data licence: CC BY 4.0 for the figures in the CSV download.

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