The Government's planned new extended
paternity leave entitlement must be paid more generously if it is to offer genuine choice to parents as to who looks after children, Fathers Direct said today.
Not exact matches
Where possible, these qualifying criteria will mirror the criteria for existing
entitlements such as maternity pay and allowance and
paternity pay and
leave so that families will be able to easily work out their
entitlement.
How do parents prove their eligibility for the father to receive Additional
Paternity Leave (and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay)-- i.e. to take up the remainder of the mother's entitlement to leave /
Leave (and Additional Statutory
Paternity Pay)-- i.e. to take up the remainder of the mother's
entitlement to
leave /
leave / pay?
Four in five fathers are now using their new
entitlement to
paternity leave.
«Maternity and
paternity leave are
entitlements and are not subject to Ipsa's discretion,» she argued.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has been promoting his ambition to triple
paternity entitlement as well as existing plans to allow parents to share their
leave.
«Hard fought for
entitlements such as sick
leave and maternity /
paternity rights are under attack.
Entitlement to parental
leave is a separate right in addition to the statutory rights to maternity, adoption, shared parental or
paternity leave and pay.
The new right is in addition to the prior
entitlement of two weeks»
paternity leave.
The qualifying period for additional
paternity leave (APL) and additional
paternity pay (APP) is based on
entitlement to existing ordinary
paternity leave and pay.
The APLR implement a power in the Work and Families Act 2006 incorporated by that Act into the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) which governs
entitlement to additional
paternity leave.By the Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations 2010 (ASLR) the leave may be paid if it is taken during the mother's maternity pay or allowance pa
paternity leave.By the Additional Statutory
Paternity Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations 2010 (ASLR) the leave may be paid if it is taken during the mother's maternity pay or allowance pa
Paternity Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations 2010 (ASLR) the
leave may be paid if it is taken during the mother's maternity pay or allowance pay period.
Additional
paternity leave and pay will also be available to adopters where there is an
entitlement to statutory adoption
leave and pay.