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Changes taking effect on 5 and 6 April 2015: a round-up (News, 31 March 2015)

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Published on: 31 March 2015

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As well as the regular changes to rates and limits, 5 April 2015 is the key date for the introduction of shared parental leave and a number of other family leave changes, some of which are consequential on the introduction of shared parental leave, some of which are not. These changes include: (1) abolition of additional paternity leave and additional statutory paternity pay, (2) extension of parental leave to cover children up to 17 years old, (3) time off for adoption appointments, (4) removal of the qualifying period of employment for adoption leave, (5) introduction of six week higher rate period of statutory adoption pay, (6) expansion of paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave to cover fostering to adopt and surrogacy, (7) expansion of shared parental leave to cover adoption from abroad, (8) consequential renaming of ordinary paternity leave and ordinary statutory paternity pay and (9) new restrictions on the right to take paternity leave...

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