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Birth leave includes all types of long-term parental leave (maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, and adoption).

Birth leave is available for any active team member (contractor or employee) who becomes a parent through childbirth or adoption while working at SettleMint.

We are a distributed organization with team members living across the globe, thus we follow your country's parental leave laws based on your employment status at SettleMint (contractor or employee).

Nevertheless, we strongly encourage you to take the full period of parental leave you are entitled to and give yourself and your family enough time for this new stage of life.

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1. Who is responsible for this policy?

• The People Team has the overall responsibility for the effective operation of this policy.
• Any questions you may have about the day-to-day application of this policy should be referred to the People Team in the first instance.
• This policy is reviewed annually by the People Team

2. What is Birth Leave?

Birth leave is the time a team member takes off work when they or their partner gives birth, adopts a child, or becomes a foster parent.

You are entitled to request this leave if you are:

• Biological mother or father
• Same-sex partner
• Gender-neutral partner
• Primary caregiver
• Foster parents
• Adoptive parents

Birth leave is not a mandatory benefit in all countries, and policies vary between geographic location and employment status.

✅ Guide to starting/ending your Leave (both for Employees and Contractors

Birth-leave for EMPLOYEES (Belgium, UAE, Singapore, Japan, India)

Birth-leave for CONTRACTORS

💙 SettleMint’s support on Birth-leave after Childbirth or Adoption