New model letters on additional paternity leave
New model letters on additional paternity leave include a letter from an employer to an employee on additional paternity leave asking the individual to attend a keeping-in-touch day and a letter informing an employee on additional paternity leave of a development affecting his or her work.
- Letter from an employer to an employee on additional paternity leave asking the individual to attend a keeping-in-touch day Use this model letter to request that an employee works during additional paternity leave on a keeping-in-touch day.
- Letter from employer to employee on additional paternity leave responding to employee's request to attend a keeping-in-touch day Use this model letter to respond to an employee's request to work during her additional paternity leave on a keeping-in-touch day.
- Letter informing an employee on additional paternity leave of a development affecting his or her work Use this model letter to inform an employee on additional paternity leave of a development affecting his or her work.
- Letter informing an employee on additional paternity leave of a job vacancy Use this model letter to inform an employee on additional paternity leave of a job vacancy.
- Paternity leave and redundancy - letter offering a suitable alternative vacancy to an employee who is made redundant while on additional paternity leave Use this model letter to send to an employee on additional paternity leave whose job has been identified as redundant, as soon as a suitable alternative vacancy is available.
- Paternity leave and redundancy - letter confirming to an employee who is made redundant while on additional paternity leave that the individual has accepted a suitable alternative vacancy Use this model letter to confirm to an employee on additional paternity leave whose job is redundant that he or she has been offered and has accepted an alternative position.
- Paternity leave and redundancy - letter informing an employee who is made redundant while on additional paternity leave of the consequences of turning down a suitable alternative vacancy Use this model letter to inform an employee on additional paternity leave whose job is redundant of the consequences if he or she refuses an offer of suitable alternative employment.
- Paternity leave and redundancy - letter informing an employee who is made redundant while on additional paternity leave that no suitable alternative vacancy exists Use this model letter to confirm to an employee on additional paternity leave whose job is redundant that no suitable alternative vacancies exist.
Also
Employment law manual: Paternity and adoption rights The HR & Compliance Centre employment law manual provides further guidance on the changes as well as comprehensive guidance on existing paternity and adoption rights.
Company paternity leave policy (employees whose child has an expected week of birth beginning on or after 3 April 2011) Use this model policy to guide managers and employees in relation to employees' entitlement to both ordinary and additional paternity leave and pay where the expected week of childbirth begins on or after 3 April 2011.
Outlook video: Additional paternity leave HR & Compliance Centre's head of content Jo Stubbs and group editor David Shepherd discuss the new right for fathers to take additional paternity leave where their partner returns to work before taking her full year's maternity leave.
