The Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014

These Regulations introduce a new entitlement for employees who are mothers, fathers, adopters, or prospective adopters, or the partners of mothers or adopters, or prospective adopters, to take shared parental leave in the first year of their child’s life or in the first year after the child’s placement for adoption. The Regulations are made in exercise of powers inserted into the Employment Rights Act 1996 by the Children and Families Act 2014.

Lifecycle

Department

Made

18 Nov 2014

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In force

01 Dec 2014

Enabling power

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 47C(2), 75E, 75F(1), (4), (7) to (14), and (16), 75G(1) to (6), 75H(1), (4), (7) to (14), and (16), 75I(1), (4), and (5), 75J, 75K(1) and (6), and 99 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, makes the following Regulations.

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Explanatory Memorandum

UK Explanatory Memorandum

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Instrument

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