paternity leave definition

paternity leave means a period of absence from work on leave by virtue of section 80A or 80B of the Employment Rights Act 1996;
paternity leave means a period of absence from work on ordinary paternity leave by virtue of section 80A or 80B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 or on additional paternity leave by virtue of section 80AA or 80BB of that Act;
paternity leave means leave of the type provided for in Part B - Paternity Leave.

Examples of paternity leave in a sentence

  • Any parent who qualifies, regardless of whether they have a protected characteristic, will benefit from these changes to Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay policy.

  • The Court will comply with applicable statutes, as amended, pertaining to Family and Medical Leave, Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave, Pregnancy Disability Leave, and Military Leave.

  • By making Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay flexible we calculate the additional cost to the exchequer as a result of the additional weeks of leave taken by fathers/partners who otherwise would not have taken them if only allowed to be taken in one block.

  • F22 Inserted (1.08.2016) by Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (11/2016), 34(c), S.I. No. 435 of 2016.

  • Allowing for minimum statutory rights of employees to differ across employers would create problems in the overall delivery of Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay and would undermine equal rights of employees.


More Definitions of paternity leave

paternity leave means leave of the type provided for in subclause (2) of this Clause whether prescribed in an award or otherwise.
paternity leave means leave under regulation 4 or 8 of the Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002(18);
paternity leave means paternity leave provided under 7.4.3.3.
paternity leave means leave from work for fathers to be taken on the occasion of the birth of a child;
paternity leave means leave from work for fathers or, where and in so far as recognised by national law, for equivalent second parents, on the occasion of the birth of a child for the purposes of providing care;
paternity leave means Parental Leave taken by a male team member who is the parent of a child.
paternity leave means a period of absence from work on leave by virtue of section 80A or 80B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 or on additional paternity leave by virtue of section 80AA or 80BB of that Act; “pension fund holder” means with respect to a personal pension scheme or an occupational pension scheme, the trustees, managers or scheme administrators, as the case may be, of the scheme concerned;