Paternity Leave Policy April 2025. Learn how the statutory paternity leave and pay regulations will change from 8 march 2025 in england, scotland and wales. Currently, employees have to request paternity leave as either one week or two consecutive weeks;
From april 2025, employees can take one week of unpaid leave a year for caring responsibilities and have 18 months of redundancy protection during parental leave. The pl(b)a 2025 allows bereaved partners to take statutory paternity leave without the need to satisfy minimum service requirements where a mother, or a person with.