Can I change the date my adoption leave starts?

Once you have given notice that you intend to take a period of ordinary adoption leave you can subsequently vary the date that the leave will begin on, providing you give your employer 28 days notice of this variation. Your employer can request that you give this change of date in writing.

If it is not reasonably practicable to give notice 28 days in advance, then you must give notice to your employer as soon as you can (as soon as is 'reasonably practicable').