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 partnerEligible for statutory government pay of £123 a week. if the mother has returned to work in the last three months of her nine-month maternity leave.
The measure was pushed by the Women and Equality minister Harriet Harman, but the opposition saw it as a mere electoral promise.
See also
Child care in the United Kingdom Tax Credits and Child tax credit, Working tax credit Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (Weekly Rates) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/1060) r 2, the same statutory rate to maternity leave of [£128.73] applies.
References
External links UK Statutory Instruments 2010 No. 1055 Michelle Weldon-Johns, The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010: a new dawn or more 'sound-bite' legislation?, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 2011 Louise Smith, Paternity pay and parental leave, Library House of Commons, 2010