Paternity Leave & Pay Statutory paternity pay is designed to permit an eligible employee to take paid leave to support the mother and child and care for the child following the birth. The entitlement is to take either one or two consecutive weeks of paternity leave. There may be a right to statutory paternity pay. […]
Parental Leave Employees with more than one year’s service are entitled to up to 18 weeks unpaid parental leave for each child. This can be added to normal maternity, paternity or adoption leave. It must be taken in blocks or multiples of one week. It can be taken any time before the child’s 18th birthday. […]
Maternity Leave All pregnant employees and new mothers (regardless of length of service and hours worked) are entitled to paid time off for anti-natal care, normal sick rights for pregnancy related sickness and 52 weeks maternity leave. General health and safety laws have implications in relation to women who are or have been pregnant, within […]