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Shared parental leave in touch (SPLIT) days

How many days someone on Shared Parental Leave can work for each employer without ending the leave.

20days

Corroborated Statutory Instrument Great Britain in force since 2014-12-01

Checked against its sources: statute verified 2026-09-21·guidance verified 2026-09-21

Scope: 20 days for EACH employer, and each partner has their own 20. They are in addition to the 10 keeping-in-touch days available on maternity or adoption leave, which are a separate entitlement in separate Regulations. Both parties must agree; regulation 37(6) confers no right on either to require the work.

Current sources

Source A · Legislationhttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3050/made (SI 2014/3050 reg 37(2) as made: "An employee may work no more than 20 days under paragraph (1) for each employer during the period in which shared parental leave may be taken"; in force 1 December 2014, reg 1)

retrieved 2026-09-08

Source B · Official guidancehttps://www.gov.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-pay/if-youre-an-employer ("You and your partner can each work up to 20 days while you're taking SPL. These are called 'Shared Parental Leave in touch' (or SPLIT) days")

retrieved 2026-09-08

History

Value	From	To	Status	Sources
20	2014-12-01	—	Corroborated	Legislation: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3050/made (SI 2014/3050 reg 37(2) as made: "An employee may work no more than 20 days under paragraph (1) for each employer during the period in which shared parental leave may be taken"; in force 1 December 2014, reg 1) retrieved 2026-09-08 Official guidance: https://www.gov.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-pay/if-youre-an-employer ("You and your partner can each work up to 20 days while you're taking SPL. These are called 'Shared Parental Leave in touch' (or SPLIT) days") retrieved 2026-09-08

Receipt

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Compiler's notes

An SI carry (ADR-0014), and a HOST-STATES one: no textual amendment touches regulation 37, so the 2014 Regulations state the value by their own words and their as-made text is its own frozen witness. The design page dated this row from regulation 1 and that reading holds — unlike SI 2020/233, whose regulation 1 names no date at all.