Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2015 United Kingdom

The Shared Parental Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

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3 compliance obligations

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Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

s.009

Father's or partner's notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave

  • Employee must give notice and declarations for shared parental leave
s.018

Change of circumstances (birth)

  • Treat change-of-circumstances leave as shared parental leave
s.039

Redundancy during shared parental leave

  • Offer suitable alternative job to employee on shared parental leave when making redundancies
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s.001

Citation and commencement

s.002

Application

s.003

Interpretation

s.004

Mother's entitlement to shared parental leave

s.005

Father's or partner's entitlement to shared parental leave

s.006

Calculation of total amount of shared parental leave available (birth)

s.007

Periods when shared parental leave may be taken

s.008

Mother's notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave

s.010

Supplementary evidence requirements (birth)

s.011

Variation of notice of intention to take shared parental leave (birth)

s.012

Period of leave notice (birth)

s.013

Continuous period of shared parental leave (birth)

s.014

Discontinuous periods of shared parental leave (birth)

s.015

Variation of period of leave (birth)

s.016

Limit on number of period of leave notices or variations (birth)

s.017

Modification of eight week requirement for notices where child born early

s.019

Entitlement to shared parental leave in the event of the death of mother, father or partner, or child

s.020

Adopter's entitlement to shared parental leave

s.021

Adopter's partner's entitlement to shared parental leave

s.022

Calculation of total amount of shared parental leave available (adoption)

s.023

Periods when shared parental leave may be taken (adoption)

s.024

Adopter's notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave

s.025

Adopter's partner's notice of entitlement and intention to take shared parental leave

s.026

Supplementary evidence (adoption)

s.027

Variation of notice of intention to take shared parental leave (adoption)

s.028

Period of leave notice (adoption)

s.029

Continuous period of shared parental leave (adoption)

s.030

Discontinuous periods of shared parental leave (adoption)

s.031

Variation of period of leave (adoption)

s.032

Limit on number of period of leave notices or variations (adoption)

s.033

Change of circumstances (adoption)

s.034

Entitlement to shared parental leave in the event of a disrupted placement or the death of adopter, adopter's partner or child

s.035

Continuity of employment test

s.036

Employment and earnings test

s.037

Work during shared parental leave

s.038

Application of terms and conditions during shared parental leave

s.040

Right to return after shared parental leave

s.041

Right to return after shared parental leave: supplementary

s.042

Protection from detriment

s.043

Unfair dismissal

s.044

Calculation of a week's pay for the purposes of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the 1996 Order

s.045

Contractual rights to shared parental leave

s.046

Service of notices

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