Keeping in touch Paternity leave and pay

Before they start statutory paternity leave, the employee and their employer should agree how they both want to:

  • keep in touch
  • cover the employee's work while they're on leave
  • arrange the employee's return to work

By law, while an employee is on statutory paternity leave their employer must tell them about any:

  • promotion or other job opportunities
  • redundancies
  • reorganisations that could affect their job
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