Paternity leave and paternity pay

New and updated

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  Letters and forms

  Letter responding to request for paternity leave confirming leave entitlement (birth)

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

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  Letters and forms

  Form for employee who has requested paternity leave to provide notification of child's date of birth

  A model form to allow an employee who has requested paternity leave to notify your organisation in writing of when their child was born.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter responding to request for paternity leave confirming leave entitlement (adoption within UK)

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

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  FAQs

  Does an employee have the right to return to the same job after paternity leave?

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  Employment law cases

  Sex discrimination: Ford justifies decision not to enhance additional paternity pay

  Ford has successfully justified its policy of paying men on additional paternity leave the statutory minimum, while at the same time offering generous enhanced maternity pay to women on maternity leave.

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  FAQs

  Can employees take paternity leave as well as shared parental leave?

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  Tasks

  Benchmark your organisation's paternity leave and pay against that provided by other employers

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  Tasks

  Work out if an employee is entitled to statutory paternity pay in relation to a birth child

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  Tasks

  Work out if an employee is entitled to statutory paternity pay in relation to a child adopted from within the UK

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  Tasks

  Manage a changed paternity leave start date in relation to a birth child