Insufficient notice of paternity leaveIf an employee fails to provide sufficient notice to you of their intended period of paternity leave, they may not be able to take it on that occasion.Notice
requirementsThe Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 now stipulate that an employee must give...
Published 02.04.2024
Letter confirming compassionate leaveWhere you wish to approve an employee's request for compassionate leave, you can use our letter to confirm your approval.Statutory provisionsEmployees are
statutorily entitled to take a reasonable amount of unpaid time off work to take necessary action to deal with...
Published 02.04.2024
No suitable available vacancy on redundancy letterEmployees who are selected for redundancy whilst they are pregnant or on maternity, adoption or shared parental leave, or if they have
recently returned from such leave, have priority to any suitable available vacancy. Where no such vacancy exists,...
Published 02.04.2024
Notice of birth for paternity leaveAs well as giving notice of entitlement to paternity leave and notice to take a period of paternity leave, employees must give a further notice confirming the date
on which the child was born or placed for adoption. Use our notice to make it easy for them to do this.Notice...
Published 02.04.2024
Offer of alternative work during family leaveUse our letter to offer an available suitable alternative vacancy to a provisionally redundant employee who's absent on maternity, adoption or
shared parental leave. They have an absolute statutory right to be offered the job role, even if other redundant...
Published 02.04.2024
Paternity leave checklistThis 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...
Published 02.04.2024
Paternity leave ineligibility letterWhere an employee gives notice of their entitlement to statutory paternity leave but isn't eligible to take it because they don't have sufficient continuous
employment, you can use our letter to let them know.Eligibility criteriaThe right to paternity leave enables...
Published 02.04.2024
Parental leave request formBoth male and female employees are entitled to take unpaid parental leave to look after a child under 18 in respect of whom they have parental responsibility. This could
involve the employee taking up to 18 weeks off work, although the default provisions limit this to a maximum...
Published 02.04.2024
Paternity leave request formThe right to paternity leave entitles eligible employees to take either a single period of one or two weeks off work or two non-consecutive periods of one week
each off work following the birth or adoption of a child for the purpose of caring for the child or supporting...
Published 02.04.2024
Paternity rights following loss of pregnancy letterWhere an employee's wife or partner suffers either a miscarriage or a stillbirth, only if their wife or partner was more than 24 weeks'
pregnant will the employee be eligible for paternity leave. Send our letter to advise your employee of their entitlements...
Published 02.04.2024