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Paternity leave checklist
This checklist sets out the main issues to be considered when an employee wishes to take paternity leave following the birth of a child. Unless enhanced contractual rights are given, this will be a single period of leave of either one or two weeks or two non-consecutive periods of leave of a week each.
Antenatal appointments
Note that prospective fathers (and partners of pregnant women) are entitled to take unpaid time off work to accompany their spouse/partner to two antenatal appointments (each lasting up to 6.5 hours) as a statutory minimum.
Eligibility
As well as satisfying the eligibility criteria set out in the checklist, to be entitled to statutory paternity pay, an employee must be an employed earner (this means that they must be an employee or office holder (for example, a director), pay Class 1 NI contributions and have average weekly earnings of at least the NI contributions lower earnings limit) with at least 26 weeks' service by the 15th week before the week the baby is due or by the week in which the adoptive parent has been notified of a match for adoption.
Other family-friendly rights
The mother or main adopter may choose to curtail their entitlement to maternity or adoption leave/pay and convert the balance into shared parental leave/pay which can be shared with the father or co-adopter.
Employees who are parents of children aged under 18 also have the right to take unpaid parental leave for the purpose of caring for a child for whom they are responsible.
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