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--- company_policies:paternity_leave [2024/01/11 18:25] – created john
+++ company_policies:paternity_leave [2024/01/11 18:30] (current) – john
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+Updated 01/2024
+https://esmith.impamark.co.uk/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=company_policies:paternity_leave
 ====== Paternity Leave Policy ======
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 The Company endeavours to provide help and assistance to employees who wish to use their right to take paternity leave. This policy outlines paternity leave entitlements and how employees should arrange this period of leave.
-Eligibility\\
+===== Eligibility =====
 Paternity Leave Following the Birth of a Child\\
 You will meet the eligibility criteria for paternity leave if you:
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 • have not previously taken shared parental leave for the same child.
-Paternity Leave Following Adoption\\
+===== Paternity Leave Following Adoption =====
 You will be eligible for paternity leave and pay on the adoption of a child if you:
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 • have not previously taken shared parental leave for the same child.
-When Does Paternity Leave Start?\\
+===== When Does Paternity Leave Start? =====
 Paternity leave lasts for a fixed period of one week or two consecutive weeks. You may not take individual days or separate weeks as paternity leave. Leave can be chosen to start:
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 If the same pregnancy results in more than one child being born, or more than one child is adopted in the same arrangement, the entitlement to paternity leave does not increase and only one period of leave can be taken.
-Notification Requirements
+===== Notification Requirements =====
+===== Paternity Leave Following the Birth of a Child =====
-Paternity Leave Following the Birth of a Child\\
 Unless not reasonably practicable, your intention to utilise a period of paternity leave must be notified to the Company during or before the 15th week before the EWC. Your line manager must be informed, in writing, of:
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 If wish to change the date of your paternity leave after giving notice, you must provide an additional written notice requesting a variation to the leave. This notice must be provided at least 28 days in advance of the new start date of the leave period.
-Paternity Leave Following the Adoption of a Child\\
+===== Paternity Leave Following the Adoption of a Child =====
 Unless not reasonably practicable, your intention to utilise a period of paternity leave must be notified to the Company within seven days of the date the matching notification is given to the child’s adopter. Where this is not reasonably practicable, the notification must be provided to the Company as soon as possible. Your manager must be informed, in writing, of:
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 • the date you wish the leave to begin.
-Paternity Pay\\
+===== Paternity Pay =====
 You may be entitled to receive statutory paternity pay (SPP) from the Company for the period of paternity leave. SPP is paid at a specific rate set by the government each tax year, or at 90 per cent of your average weekly during the relevant period, whichever is lower. For details of the current SPP rate, please contact your manager.
 In order to meet the eligibility criteria for SPP, average weekly earnings for the relevant period must be equal to or higher than the specific lower earnings limit set by the government each tax year.
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 The relevant period is:
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 Dependent on your individual circumstances, you may be entitled to receive additional financial support. You should contact the Department for Work and Pensions to receive further information on this.
-Contractual Benefits\\
+===== Contractual Benefits =====
 Whilst on paternity leave, you continue to be entitled to receive your normal terms and conditions of employment, other than wages or salary (unless expressly stated otherwise in your employment contract). You may be entitled to receive payment of statutory paternity pay for this period, as set out above.
 Your contract of employment continues during paternity leave. As such, any contractual obligations continue to apply during your leave, and you remain bound by these.
-Returning to Work\\
+===== Returning to Work =====
 Following two weeks’ paternity leave, you have the right to come back to the same job role. The act of requesting or taking paternity leave will not cause you to suffer any disadvantage in the workplace.
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 You should discuss with your manager, as early as possible, where you are planning on not returning to work. Resignation should be notified to your manager, in writing, as set out in your employment contract. Following notification of your resignation, Company agreement is needed to withdraw this. Any payments of statutory paternity pay will not be altered by your resignation.
-Shared Parental Leave\\
+===== Shared Parental Leave =====
 Following paternity leave, you may be entitled to take further periods of leave under the shared parental leave scheme. Once a period of shared parental leave has been taken in respect of a child, paternity leave cannot be taken for the same child.
 Full details on shared parental leave, including how to apply, can be found in our Shared Parental Leave policy.
-Stillbirth and Miscarriage\\
+===== Stillbirth and Miscarriage =====
 If you experience a miscarriage before 24 weeks of pregnancy, you will no longer be entitled to take paternity leave. It is anticipated that an employee may need some time off work in these circumstances, and this will usually be taken as sick leave, during which the Company’s sickness absence policy will apply.