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Use our template form to enable an employee to cancel or vary a period of bereaved partner’s paternity leave, now that the Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 have been published in final form. The new right will come into force on 6 April 2026.
Use our template form where an employee provides notice of their entitlement and intention to take bereaved partner’s paternity leave, now that the Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 have been published in final form. The new right will come into force on 6 April 2026.
Use our template form to record an employee’s informal or verbal notice to take bereaved partner’s paternity leave, now that the Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 have been published in final form. The new right will come into force on 6 April 2026.
Use our template form to enable employees to provide notice of their entitlement and intention to take bereaved partner’s paternity leave, now that the Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 have been published in final form. The new right will come into force on 6 April 2026.
Use our template letter to explain the right to bereaved partner’s paternity leave to managers, now that the Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 have been published in final form. The new right will come into force on 6 April 2026.
Use our template wording to create your organisation’s bereaved partner’s paternity leave policy, now that the Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave Regulations 2026 have been published in final form. The new right will come into force on 6 April 2026.
Updated to include the statutory parental bereavement pay rates in force from 5 April 2026. Employers should review payroll, update relevant policies and check eligible employees are paid correctly.
Updated to detail the number of employment law reforms in the 289 pages of the Employment Rights Act.
Updated to reference secondary legislation that is paving the way for the introduction of paternity bereavement leave.
Updated to reflect that the Employment Rights Bill received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to compassionate leave and bereavement leave.