Leave | Paternity Leave

Leave | Paternity Leave

Overview

Employees are eligible for time off when their partner is having a baby, adopting a child or having a baby through a surrogacy arrangement.

The following conditions should be met with regards to Paternity Leave:

      1. Employees may receive 1 or 2 weeks’ paid Paternity Leave.
      2. The Paternity Leave week should be equal to the employees normal work week.
      3. Leave taken must be continuous and cannot be taken in intervals.

Edition

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Details

Entitlement

Employees may qualify for Paternity Leave based on the below criteria:

      1. Be classified as an employee.
      2. Provide the employer with the correct notice period prior to the Paternity Leave.
      3. Have been continuously employed by the employer for at least 26 weeks up to any day in the ‘qualifying week’ (The ‘qualifying week’ is the 15th week before the baby is due).

Note!
The employee cannot take Paternity Leave after taking Shared Parental Leave and cannot get Paternity Pay and Leave, if taken paid time off to attend adoption appointments.

Pay Eligibility

The following criteria should be met in order for an employee to qualify for Statutory Paternity Pay.

      1. Earn on average at least £123 a week.
      2. Provide the employer with the correct notice period.
      3. Have been continuously employed by the employer for at least 26 weeks up to any day in the ‘qualifying week’.

If the employee usually earns an average of £123 or more a week, and only earned less in some weeks because employee was paid but not working (‘on furlough’) under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, employee may still be eligible.

The employer must provide SPP1 explaining why the employee is not eligible for Statutory Adoption Pay.

Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) is paid for up to 2 weeks and the weekly amount is:

£172.48 or 90% of the average weekly earnings (whichever is lower).

Tax and National Insurance will be deducted from the Paternity Pay due to the employee.

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