Over the next few months employers will start receiving requests for additional paternity leave. Should you get one, you have the right to demand proof of eligibility. But what information can an
employee be asked to produce?
Published 18.05.2011
One of your employees, a first-time father-to-be, insists that he has the right to paid time off to attend the birth of his child. Do statutory paternity leave rights cover this event? If not, what’s
the legal position?
Published 30.11.2010
There have been numerous reports in the media that ordinary paternity leave and pay rights will both soon be enhanced. How likely is this to happen and what is the earliest point that paternity leave
can start?
Published 23.03.2015
An employee has submitted a paternity leave request form, indicating that they intend to take their full two weeks’ leave entitlement in one go. However, their chosen dates don’t suit you. Can you
ask them to defer their paternity leave?
Published 26.05.2022
The government has published draft regulations which, once in force, will make changes to the way in which employees exercise their statutory entitlement to paternity leave. What are the changes?
Published 07.02.2024
Every year, thousands of employees notify their employers that they will be taking maternity or paternity leave. Once they’ve notified you of their intention to take such leave, can the employee
change the start date?
Published 07.01.2020
The new shared parental leave (SPL) regime - which comes into force on 1 December 2014 - will be available to eligible parents where their baby is due on, or after, 5 April 2015. What happens if
the baby is born late or early?
Published 06.11.2014
Apparently, new fathers will soon be given the right to take up to ten months’ paternity leave. Are these reports accurate, or is it more media scare tactics?
Published 09.02.2011
Pregnant employees have extensive statutory maternity leave and pay rights. If eligible, their partners will separately be entitled to statutory paternity leave (SPL) and statutory paternity pay
(SPP). What are the basic statutory entitlements here?
Published 22.09.2022