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DRA and Additional Paternity Regulations

23 March 2011

DA’s meeting

Momtaz Rahman

HR Policy and Planning

Fair Recruitment

Government to abolish default retirement age

Transition period from 1 April – 30 September

Pre 1 October 2011 retirements • Staff can continue to be retired under current policy

Post 1 October 2011 retirements • Cannot compulsory retire staff on age grounds

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Processes

Contracts of Employment and Conditions of Service • Retirement clause to be removed for new appointees

ROME • Applicants will no longer be asked if they are within

6 months of retirement age

DAM reports • Staff planned retirement dates (PRD) to be removed

SiP• Retirement will remain as a leaving reason • Form 7’s will no longer ask if recipient is close to PRD

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Paternity Leave

• 2 weeks full pay – no change to entitlement • New Paternity Form

Completed by employee

Signed off by line manager

Sent to HR Operations for recording

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Additional Paternity Leave

Entitlement • 2 to 26 weeks leave where mother has not

exhausted maternity/ adoption leave • Transfer untaken statutory maternity pay to

partner as additional statutory paternity pay

- min 2 weeks pay can be transferred

- max 39 weeks statutory pay between parents• If mother has exhausted statutory maternity pay,

then any leave transferred will be unpaid

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Additional Paternity Leave

Eligibility • Father of a child due on or after the 3rd April 2011 • No qualifying length of service for APL • Qualifying service for pay –

26 weeks' service at the Notification Week (15th week before the expected week of childbirth)

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Additional Paternity Leave

Timing of Leave • Must not start earlier than 20 weeks after baby is

born • Mother must have ended maternity leave before

partner starts APL • All APL to be used within a year of birth

KIT Days • 10 days separate entitlement to main carer

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Additional Paternity Leave – Example

• Mother starts maternity leave 11 weeks before the EWC • Baby arrives in the EWC• Mother takes further 20 weeks maternity leave. • Mother returns to work at end of 31 weeks of maternity leave

(i.e. when the baby is 20 weeks);• Father then starts additional paternity leave (APL) immediately

and takes 26 weeks APL (i.e. baby is 46 weeks old).

• Mother - 31 weeks' maternity pay • Father - 26 weeks APL (8 weeks ASPP, 18 weeks unpaid)• Total Leave – 57 weeks i.e. more than mothers maternity

entitlement