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The right to statutory paternity leave
Entitlement to paternity leave (birth)
Notice of intention to take paternity leave (birth)
Entitlement to paternity leave (adoption within the UK)
Notice of intention to take paternity leave (adoption within the UK)
Entitlement to paternity leave (adoption from overseas)
Notice of intention to take paternity leave (adoption from overseas)
Timing of paternity leave
Statutory paternity pay
Rights during paternity leave
Return to work after paternity leave
The right to statutory adoption leave (adoption within the UK)
Notice of intention to take adoption leave (adoption within the UK)
The right to statutory adoption leave (adoption from overseas)
Notice of intention to take adoption leave (adoption from overseas)
Timing of adoption leave
Disrupted adoption
Work during the adoption leave period
Statutory adoption pay
Statutory rights during and after adoption leave
Early return to work after adoption leave
Dismissal and victimisation

Summary

3.964

  • The right to paternity leave arises in relation to biological children, children adopted from within the UK and children adopted from overseas. (See 3.966 The right to statutory paternity leave)
  • An employee who is the biological father of a child, or the mother's husband, civil partner or partner, and who has been continuously employed for 26 or more weeks by the end of the 15th week before the child's expected week of birth, has the qualified right to take either one week's or two consecutive weeks' paternity leave.
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