Paternity leave and paternity pay

New and updated

• Type:

  Training

  Paternity leave - line manager training

  Updated to reflect the new right for employees to take neonatal care leave and pay for babies born on or after 6 April 2025.

• Type:

  Policies and procedures

  Paternity leave policy

  Updated to reflect the right to neonatal care leave.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Increase to the percentage of statutory family-related pay small employers can recoup

  The percentage of statutory maternity and other family-related pay that small employers can recoup from HM Revenue and Customs increases from 103% to 108.5%.

• Date:

  31 March 2025

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Neonatal care leave - a practical guide

  Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, and Brightmine senior legal editor Laura Merrylees discuss the new right to neonatal care leave and look at likely forthcoming changes to family-friendly employment rights in the Employment Rights Bill. 

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Paternity pay

  Updated to reflect the increase in the rate of statutory paternity pay for pay weeks commencing on or after 6 April 2025.

• Type:

  International

  Global paternity and parental leave and pay comparative table

  Enhanced to include information on paternity and parental leave and pay in Malaysia, Portugal and South Korea. 

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Statutory paternity pay

  Updated to reflect the statutory paternity pay rate in force from 6 April 2025. 

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Types of family leave

  Updated to include new details on neonatal care leave (for a child born on or after 6 April 2025).

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Paternity leave

  Updated to reflect an employee's entitlement to neonatal care leave from 6 April 2025.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Statutory maternity pay and other family-related statutory pay rates increase

  Increases to family-related statutory pay rates.