{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","contentId":"00000194-bc15-d689-adf4-bfd5c11b0001","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/working-at-amazon/amazon-maternity-parental-leave-uk","headline":"Inside Amazon's maternity leave policy and other parental leave programmes","description":"Explore Amazon's maternity leave and other parental leave benefits for UK employees, including paid leave, eligibility, and extra support programmes.","datePublished":"2025-02-03T11:58:05.754Z","dateModified":"2025-09-12T13:19:00Z","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amazon staff"}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/5842a56/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1430x953+1+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F39%2F4b%2F290248a44a9ba976b700f30cf7c8%2Famazon-family-hub-devices-tablet.jpg","width":"300","height":"200"},"articleBody":"![Parent with two young children, accessing parent-approved games and apps](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/5842a56/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1430x953+1+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F39%2F4b%2F290248a44a9ba976b700f30cf7c8%2Famazon-family-hub-devices-tablet.jpg)\n\n# Inside Amazon's maternity leave policy and other parental leave programmes\n\n*Explore Amazon's maternity leave and other parental leave benefits for UK employees, including paid leave, eligibility, and extra support programmes.*\n\nAs part of our [employee benefits package](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/working-at-amazon/amazon-employee-benefits), Amazon provides support for all UK-based parents.\n\nOur maternity leave, paternity leave, and all other parental leave policies and benefits are designed to support our employees as they navigate the early stages of parenthood.\n\n![Amazon employee Diana Frunza in a safety vest while smiling outside a fulfilment centre](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/69205c3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2700x1800+0+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F30%2F4f%2F276915b847c6a34c569c0071a4cb%2Funp-amazon-46696-laww-ema2-diana-frunza001.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon's Career Choice: Everything you need to know about the education benefit that pre-pays up to 100% of tuition fees](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/working-at-amazon/amazon-career-choice-programme)\n\nHere’s an inside look at Amazon's parental leave benefits including eligibility, processes, and supportive programmes to help new parents transition back to work.\n\n## What is Amazon’s parental leave policy?\n\nAmazon has many different programmes, policies, and benefits available to accommodate the many different types of parents who work here. These range from our ‘Amazon Pregnancy Leave’ policy to our ‘Amazon Parental Leave’ policy available to eligible secondary parents, adoptive parents, and intended parents through surrogacy.\n\nAmazon's UK parental benefits package includes several options to accommodate different family situations. These benefits go beyond the statutory minimums required by UK law and are available to eligible employees regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or family structure. \n\n![Woman and child sitting on couch looking at smartphone together](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/7ec0231/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x901+0+0/resize/767x432!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F45%2F28%2F467fca98420da8af9afe16b016bd%2Fweb-hero-shutterstock-2184679531.jpg)\n\nThe company offers different types of leave depending on your situation: \n\n- **Amazon Pregnancy Leave** for pregnant employees (including those using IVF or serving as surrogates)\n- **Amazon Parental Leave** for non-birth parents, adoptive parents, and intended parents through surrogacy\n\nParental leave support is aimed at assisting new parents trying to [balance work and family life](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/working-at-amazon/amazon-term-time-contracts), allowing them to spend more time with their newest family member. \n\n## What is Amazon’s maternity leave policy in the UK?\n\nAmazon’s Pregnancy Leave policy applies to all Amazon employees in the UK who are pregnant, including employees who are surrogates and those pregnant through artificial insemination or IVF. It is applicable regardless of [sexual orientation](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/glamazon-shortlisted-for-the-british-lgbt-awards), gender identity, and gender expression.\n\n## How long is Amazon’s maternity leave in the UK?\n\nIn total, you can take up to 52 weeks of maternity leave. Depending on the length of your continuous service with Amazon, you are eligible for a mix of Amazon Pregnancy Pay, Statutory Maternity Pay, and unpaid leave during this time.\n\nIf you're pregnant and work at Amazon UK, here's what you can expect: \n\n- Up to four weeks before your due date (pre-partum, optional) \n- Between 10-16 weeks after birth (post-partum), depending on your length of service \n\n## How much is Amazon’s maternity pay in the UK?\n\nAmazon Pregnancy Pay is 100% of an employee’s base salary and is inclusive of Statutory Maternity Pay. For employees with at least one continuous year of service before their due date, you can expect: \n\n- Weeks 1-4 (pre-birth): Optional leave with 100% Amazon Pregnancy Pay \n- Weeks 5-20 (post-birth): 100% Amazon Pregnancy Pay\n- Weeks 21-39: Statutory Maternity Pay \n- Weeks 40-52: Unpaid leave option\n\nThis flexible structure allows you to spend significant time with your new baby while receiving financial support during the critical early months.\n\n![An Amazon fulfillment centre employee scanning a package on a conveyor belt](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/16d3d4f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+1+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F62%2Fdb%2Fa48b8ffe4038a8806d1c9b26b927%2Fweb-hero-20230227-amazon-199.jpg)\n\n- [Amazon term-time contracts: Everything you need to know](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/working-at-amazon/amazon-term-time-contracts)\n\n## **What is Amazon's Paid Parental Leave policy?**\n\nAmazon’s Paid Parental Leave is available to employees who are the non-birth parent of a newborn, adopted child, or intended parent through surrogacy. Employees are also eligible if they are adopting a child under the age of 18 through an adoption agency in the UK. \n\nAmazon recognises that families come in many forms. If you're a non-birth parent, adoptive parent, or intended parent through surrogacy, Amazon's Paid Parental Leave provides: \n\n- Up to six weeks of leave at 100% of your base salary \n- Options to take leave continuously or split into two blocks\n- Runs alongside statutory paternity leave when applicable\n- Benefit level depends on length of continuous service\n\nThis policy applies to employees adopting children under 18 through a UK adoption agency and to non-birth parents welcoming a new child into their family.\n\n![Michele Saba Operational and Departmental Management apprenticeship](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/d81b8ef/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x800+0+0/resize/300x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fd6%2F46%2F912bb40e4f83a320e395eba6b22f%2Funp-amazon-46411-naw-mme1-michele-saba020.JPG)\n\n- [Amazon announces 1,000 new UK apprenticeship opportunities for 2025](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/working-at-amazon/apprenticeships-2025)\n\nShared Parental Leave is also available to eligible employees to give families more flexibility in how to share the childcare in the first year.\n\nIn the heart-breaking circumstances of pregnancy and infant loss, where applicable, employees are entitled to their 10-week post-partum leave, statutory maternity leave, and parental bereavement leave may also be available.\n\n## Returning to work at Amazon\n\n![Family enjoying playful moment on floor together](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/99f55bf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1333+0+0/resize/767x511!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2F64%2F49%2F3adb8c604b8eab59fbdff6560ded%2Fweb-hero-shutterstock-1874788960.jpg)\n\nWelcoming a new baby or child into a family is life-changing, so we offer programmes and accommodations to help employees adjust more comfortably to their new work-life balance:\n\n- Our Ramp Back programme offers parents eight consecutive weeks of flexibility and partial work hours as they readjust to work schedules as new parents. Ramp Back is designed to ease the transition back to work after a leave of absence for a pregnancy-related reason or to bond with a new child.\n- Amazon provides accommodation for employees who wish to express and store breast milk while at work. Regardless of gender identity or presentation, Amazon will provide you with a reasonable amount of time and lactation room to express breast milk.\n- Amazon offers a range of great benefits that support employees and eligible family members from your first day of employment such as; private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, paid breaks, and a company pension plan. Learn more about [our employee benefits here.](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/working-at-amazon/amazon-employee-benefits)\n\nRead more of the [latest news from Amazon UK](https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/working-at-amazon/amazon-employee-benefits).","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"About Amazon","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com","sameAs":["https://x.com/amazonnews","https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon","https://www.instagram.com/amazonnews"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://assets.aboutamazon.com/bd/8f/88e7b0314cc2bd05b9de3155a0fe/amazon-news.svg"},"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.amazon.com","sameAs":["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3884","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)","https://x.com/Amazon"]}}}