Post-birth leave

An employee is expecting a child and wants to take paternity leave when the baby is born.

Most people are familiar with the concept, if not the details, of maternity leave and pay, yet the right of some employees to take paternity leave and pay may come as more of a surprise.

Paternity leave and pay are available to employees of either sex who are the partner of a woman who has given birth, or the partner of someone who is adopting the child provided that they are expecting to play a part in the child's upbringing.

It consists of a period of up to two weeks' leave - given in addition

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