FAQs: Payments in lieu of notice and ordinary paternity leave and pay

Additions to the FAQs section cover payments in lieu of notice and ordinary paternity leave and pay. 

Payments in lieu of notice

• Where an employee resigns, can the employer pay the employee in lieu of his or her notice period?
• How should a payment in lieu of notice be calculated?

Ordinary paternity leave and pay

• What notice to take ordinary paternity leave and pay in respect of a child adopted from within the UK is an employee required to give?
• When can an employee choose to start ordinary paternity leave in respect of a new baby?
• Can an employer recover any ordinary statutory paternity pay that it pays out?
• Does an employee have the right to return to the same job after ordinary paternity leave?
• Does an employee due to take paid statutory ordinary paternity leave in an adoption situation still qualify for paternity pay if the employee leaves the employment before the leave is due to start?
• What happens where an employee has given notice that he or she wants ordinary paternity leave to begin on a particular predetermined date, but the child has not been placed for adoption by that date?

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