Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010

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Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010
Statutory Instrument
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Citation SI 2010/1055
Territorial extent 
  • England and Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
Dates
Made24 March 2010
Commencement 6 April 2010
Other legislation
Made under
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/1055) are a statutory instrument involving UK labour law, which introduced a basic right for mothers to transfer their right to unpaid leave to their partner [1] if the mother has returned to work in the last three months of her nine-month maternity leave. [2]

Contents

The measure was pushed by the Women and Equality minister Harriet Harman, but the opposition saw it as a mere electoral promise. [2]

See also

References

  1. Eligible for statutory government pay of £123 a week.
  2. 1 2 Mulholland, Hélène (28 January 2010). "Fathers to get six months' paternity leave". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 24 February 2024.