An employment tribunal has held that it was direct sex discrimination for a new father whose wife had post-natal depression to be allowed to take only two weeks' leave on full pay, when female staff were entitled to 14 weeks' enhanced maternity leave.
A model form to allow a mother to provide a declaration of consent and entitlement for their partner to take shared parental leave. The form should be used where the mother is not planning to take any shared parental leave, but is curtailing their maternity leave to allow their partner to take shared parental leave.
A model form to allow an adopter to provide a declaration of consent and entitlement for their partner to take shared parental leave. The form should be used where the adopter is not planning to take any shared parental leave, but is curtailing their adoption leave to allow their partner to take shared parental leave.