Paternity and shared parental leave

This section helps you understand a staffAnybody who works for a business, whether as an employee, casual worker, apprentice, agency worker or freelancer. member's rights when they are having a baby with their partner. It will help you to understand which of your staffAnybody who works for a business, whether as an employee, casual worker, apprentice, agency worker or freelancer. are entitled to paternity rights, including paternity leaveA period of leave from work available to certain staff members in order to care for a new born child or support the child's mother. and pay. This section also provides guidance about shared parental leaveA process by which certain members of staff who are parents of a newborn or recently adopted child can share a period of leave from work to care for their child, provided certain criteria are met. During this time, they will be entitled to the benefit of all terms in their contract of employment (except remuneration terms) and afterwards they are entitled to return to work., which allows staffAnybody who works for a business, whether as an employee, casual worker, apprentice, agency worker or freelancer. to shareA share in the capital of a company (sometimes also referred to as stock, for example in relation to US companies). Shares in a company give to the holders, known as shareholders, rights in relation to that company such as to vote, to receive dividends and to a return of capital. Holders of shares in a company own that company and the company, not its shareholders, owns the company's assets. time off with their partner during their child's first year.