Paternity Leave Details Confirmation Letter

So you've received a request for paternity leave, now what do you do?

Simple, consider the application and use this letter to:

• Confirm eligibility to paternity leave
• Confirm paternity leave duration (either one week or two consecutive weeks)
• Confirm when paternity leave can start and when the right to paternity leave ends
• Explain what employees need to do if they wish to change the date paternity leave starts
• Ask for evidence of the birth & parental responsibility
• Confirm employment rights during paternity leave
• Confirm salary, wage & Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) entitlement during paternity leave
• What happens to paternity leave if the baby is born early or late
• Decline a paternity leave request (non eligibility against legal criteria)