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The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

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Early return from additional paternity leave period

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30.—(1) Subject to regulations 13(1) and 23(1) (variation or cancellation of leave in the event of death of the mother or adopter), where, after P’s additional leave period has begun, P intends to return to work earlier than the end of P’s additional paternity leave period, P must give E at least six weeks’ notice of the date on which P intends to return.

(2) If P attempts to return to work earlier than the end of P’s additional paternity leave period without complying with paragraph (1), E is entitled to postpone P’s return to a date such as will secure, subject to paragraph (5), that E has six weeks’ notice of P’s return.

(3) Where P complies with P’s obligations in paragraph (1), or where E has postponed P’s return in the circumstances described in paragraph (2), if P then decides to return to work—

(a)earlier than the original return date, P must give E not less than six weeks’ notice of the date on which P now intends to return;

(b)later than the original return date, P must give E not less than six weeks’ notice ending with the original return date.

(4) In paragraph (3) the “original return date” means the date which P notified E as the date of P’s return to work under paragraph (1) or the date to which P’s return was postponed by E under paragraph (2).

(5) In a case where P’s return to work has been postponed under paragraph (2) and P—

(a)has been notified that P is not to return to work before the date to which P’s return was postponed, and

(b)returns to work before that date,

E is under no contractual obligation to pay P’s remuneration until the date to which P’s return was postponed.

(6) This regulation does not apply in a case where E fails to notify P of the date on which P’s additional paternity leave period ends, in accordance with regulation 8, regulation 8 as modified by regulation 10, regulation 18 or regulation 18 as modified by regulation 20 (confirmation of period of leave), as applicable.

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