How to arrange cover for an employee's additional paternity leave
The HR & Compliance Centre "how to" section provides practical guidance for employers on arranging to cover the work of an employee who is absent on additional paternity leave.
The article looks at the options for arranging cover, including reallocating the work, seconding an employee from within the organisation, using an agency worker, or recruiting a fixed-term employee. It deals with provisions relating to the timing of additional paternity leave and the relevant notification requirements, and practical considerations such as arranging the handover of work.
- How to arrange cover for an employee's additional paternity leave Step-by-step guidance for employers on their options for arranging cover for employees on additional paternity leave.
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Paternity and adoption rights The HR & Compliance Centre FAQs section includes answers to the following questions:
- What information must an employee applying to take statutory additional paternity pay provide in a birth situation?
- How should an employer respond to an employee's notice of intention to take additional paternity leave and pay?
- Can an employee who has given notice of intention to take additional paternity leave subsequently cancel the leave period?
Policy on arranging cover for additional paternity leave Employers can use this model policy to set out the organisation's approach to arranging cover for additional paternity leave.
Maternity and paternity leave and pay to be reformed On 16 May 2011, the coalition Government launched a consultation on proposals to revise, among other things, parental leave. The consultation proposes that "an entirely new system of parental leave and pay, available to mothers and fathers on an equal basis, should replace maternity leave and pay beyond the first 18 weeks of a child's life".
