All women are entitled to:
- 52 weeks’ maternity leave
- statutory maternity pay
- paid time off work to attend ante-natal sessions.
Adoptive parents have similar entitlements. Men and women are entitled to:
- shared parental leave and pay (the mother’s partner can share the statutory leave and pay)
- time off to care for dependants in exceptional circumstances
- return to the same or (in some cases) similar job after maternity or parental leave
- 18 weeks’ unpaid parental leave for children aged up to 18 but only after one year’s continuous employment
- two weeks’ paternity/partner leave and statutory paternity pay
- one weeks’ unpaid leave in a 12-month period for carer’s leave.
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