Work and Families Bill

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Work and Families Bill

Work and Families Bill

EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Trade and Industry
and the Department for Work and Pensions, are published separately as Bill 60—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Secretary Alan Johnson has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of
the Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Work and Families Bill are compatible with the
Convention rights.

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Contents
Extension of maternity pay period and adoption pay period
1
Maternity pay period
2
Adoption pay period
Additional paternity leave and pay
3
Additional paternity leave: birth
4
Additional paternity leave: adoption
5
Rights during and after additional paternity leave
6
Entitlement to additional statutory paternity pay: birth
7
Entitlement to additional statutory paternity pay: adoption
8
Entitlement to additional statutory paternity pay: general
9
Liability to make payments of additional statutory paternity pay
10
Additional statutory paternity pay: rate and period of pay
Leave and pay related to birth or adoption: further amendments
11
Leave and pay related to birth or adoption: further amendments
Miscellaneous provisions about employment rights
12
Flexible working
13
Annual leave
14
Increase of maximum amount of a week’s pay for certain purposes
Supplementary
15
Repeals
16
Interpretation
17
Corresponding provision for Northern Ireland
18
Financial provisions
19
Commencement
20
Short title and extent

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Schedule 1   —
Leave and pay related to birth or adoption: further
amendments
Schedule 2   —
Repeals

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Revised 19 October 2005