PATERNITY RIGHTS 

Paternity leave and pay may allow a father to take paid time off work around the time of the birth of his child.

To check your own rights to paternity leave and pay, or those of your employees, use the TIGER interactive website. The new paternity rights will benefit employees with babies due on or after 6 April 2003. 

Guidance giving information on paternity rights

Working fathers: rights to paternity leave and pay (PL517) [also available in pdf format (955Kb) and Welsh (97Kb)]
Detailed guidance on paternity rights 

Paternity leave and pay: a basic summary (PL514)
A short guide for employers and employees

(PL514 is also available in Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese and Welsh).

SC3 Self-certificate of entitlement to paternity leave and pay in respect of a birth child (36Kb)

Information on paternity leave and pay for adopters
 

Other useful guidance 

Inland Revenue forms for employers of fathers

Information on other rights of working parents

Start dates    

Legislation 

Monitoring

For information on how the working parent laws introduced on 6 April are being monitored, click here.
[Information in Welsh is also available.] 

Information on other rights of working parents