- Enforced by
- HMRC, Employment Tribunal
- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
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What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
GENERAL
0 of 3 sections shown3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
PATERNITY LEAVE
6 of 12 sections shown- Allow eligible employees to take paternity leaveEmployee
- Collect and process paternity leave notices and declarationsEmployee
- Grant paternity leave to employees adopting a childEmployee
- Adoption-related paternity leave notice and declaration requirementsEmployee
- Restore an employee to their original job after paternity leaveEmployee
- Maintain employee seniority and terms after paternity leaveEmployee
6 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
ADOPTION LEAVE
4 of 14 sections shown- Grant ordinary adoption leave to eligible employeesEmployee
- Respond to employee adoption leave notificationsEmployer
- Offer suitable alternative employment to redundant employees on adoption leaveEmployer
- Protect employment rights and terms for employees returning from adoption leaveEmployee
10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN RELATION TO BOTH PATERNITY AND ADOPTION LEAVE
1 of 4 sections shown- Apply more favourable terms when contractual and statutory leave overlapEmployee
3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Help complying
Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.
Manage your employees
A comprehensive journey for UK employers covering the full employment lifecycle - from ongoing payroll and compliance duties through to managing workforce …
Resolve a Shared Parental Leave dispute: curtailment, eligibility, refused bookings
Problem-path for employers facing an SPL dispute — sort the right forum (HMRC, Employment Tribunal, or ERA 1996 §99 detriment), test the …
Family leave fast-path: handle a leave request this week
Setting up Shared Parental Leave for the first time
Handle statutory adoption leave and pay
Step-by-step employer task guide for processing statutory adoption leave and pay, including UK adoption, overseas adoption, surrogacy intended parents and foster-to-adopt placements.
Handle statutory paternity leave and pay (post-2024 rules)
Step-by-step task guide for processing a statutory paternity leave and pay request under the post-6-April-2024 regime (SI 2024/329). Covers eligibility, the 28-day …
Statutory family leave and pay rates 2026/27 (paternity, adoption, SPL/ShPP)
Quick lookup of statutory paternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlements and pay rates for the 2026/27 tax year. For the underlying …
4 more guides that reference this instrument
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