UK Statutory Instrument 1999 United Kingdom

Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999

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3 compliance obligations, 2 practical guides · 1 journey

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Part 1 — GENERAL

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Part II — MATERNITY LEAVE

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s.work during maternity leave period

Work during maternity leave period

Part III — PARENTAL LEAVE

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s.review

Review

Part IV — PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN RELATION TO MORE THAN ONE KIND OF ABSENCE

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s.incidents of the right to return

Incidents of the right to return

Schedules

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An agreement is a workforce agreement for the purposes of...

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For the purposes of this Schedule— “a particular group" is...

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The requirements concerning elections referred to in paragraph 2 are...

s.sch002

An employee may not exercise any entitlement to parental leave...

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The evidence to be produced for the purpose of paragraph...

s.sch002

Where regulation 13(1A) applies, and the employee’s entitlement to parental...

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Except in a case where paragraph 4 or 5 applies,...

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Where the employee is the father of the child in...

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Where the child in respect of whom the leave is...

s.sch002

An employer may postpone a period of parental leave where—...

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An employee may not take parental leave in a period...

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An employee may not take more than four weeks’ leave...

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For the purposes of paragraph 8, a year is the...

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