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　　3.1 Pregnant women have the following rights:
　　(a) Right to time off for ante-natal care.
　　(b) Maternity leave:
　　– every woman is given ordinary maternity leave of 26 weeks
　　– women employed continuously for 26 weeks have a right to additional maternity leave of 26 weeks
　　(c) Right to return to work:
　　– an employee on ordinary maternity leave has the right to return to work in the job she had before her absence
　　– an employee on additional maternity leave has the same rights except if it is not practicable for her to return to the same job. If this applies she has the right to a job that is suitable and appropriate to her. This must be on the same terms and conditions.
　　(d) Maternity pay:
　　– Statutory maternity pay is paid during an employees ordinary maternity leave. Additional maternity leave is unpaid.
 
　　3.2 Fathers of children have the following rights:
　　(a) Paternity leave:
　　Provided that the employee is:
　　– the biological father of the child or the mother's husband or partner
　　– has or expects to have responsibility for the child's upbringing
　　– has 26 weeks continuous service.
　　He will be eligible to take either one or two consecutive weeks paid paternity leave. This must be taken within 56 days of the actual birth.
　　(b) Paternity pay:
　　This will be paid during the paternity leave.
 
　　3.3 Adoptive parents have the following rights:
　　(a) Adoption leave
　　The Employment Act 2002 gives similar rights to adoptive parents as is given to pregnant women. However, the rights only extend to one of the adopting couple not both. The adopting parents must have 26 weeks of continuous employment.
 
　　3.4 All parents have the right to parental leave
　　(a) Parents with one year's continuous service have a right to 13 weeks unpaid leave during a child's first years. It applies to children born after 15 December 1999. Time off in any one year is limited to four weeks, and leave has to be taken in blocks of one week. Employers are entitled to 21 days notice.
　　(b) Reasonable time off is to be allowed for 'family emergencies'.
 
　　3.5 Right to flexible working
　　Qualifying employees now have the right to request a change in working hours and place of work which must not be unreasonably refused.
　　(a) Qualifying employee
　　To qualify the employee must:
　　– have a child under age of 6 (or 18 if disabled)
　　– have 26 weeks continuous employment
　　– have, or expect to have, responsibility for child's upbringing
　　– be making the application in order to care for the child
　　– not have made an application for flexible working in the previous 12 months
　　(b) Grounds for reasonable refusal include:
　　– burden of additional cost
　　– detrimental effect on ability to meet customer demand
　　– inability to re-organise work amongst existing staff or recruit additional staff
　　(c) Effect of unreasonable refusal:
　　Complaint can be made either to E.T. or ACAS. Compensation is limited to a maximum of 8 weeks pay that cannot exceed a statutory limit – currently ?260 per week.
 
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