Notice of birth for paternity leave

As well as giving notice of entitlement to paternity leave and notice to take a period of paternity leave, employees must give a further notice confirming the date on which the child was born or placed for adoption. Use our notice to make it easy for them to do this.

Notice of paternity leave

Your employee must give you a notice of their entitlement to paternity leave and a notice to take a period of paternity leave within stipulated time limits. You can request that they give these two notices in writing - see our Notice of Paternity Leave Entitlement and Paternity Leave Request Form.

Notice of birth/adoption

However, that’s not the end of it. Your employee must give you a further notice, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the child’s birth or placement for adoption, confirming the date on which the child was actually born or placed for adoption (unless, in the case of adoption, they’ve already given you this information in their notice of entitlement). You can again request this notice to be given in writing. This is where our Notice of Birth for Paternity Leave comes in. It provides a simple way of ensuring your employee gives you the required information. They just need to insert a date in whichever of the two boxes is applicable (there’s one for birth and one for adoption) and then add their name, signature and date. We’ve also made it clear that it’s a disciplinary offence to provide false information in the notice.