Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave
Taking other parental leave
You can take Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave before or after any other parental leave and pay you’re eligible for, such as:
- Paternity Pay and Leave
- Shared Parental Leave and Pay
- Neonatal Care Pay and Leave
- unpaid parental leave
Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave must be taken in one continuous block.
Parental leave must be taken within a specific time period, for example, Neonatal Care Leave must be taken within 68 weeks of your child’s birth date.
Example
Jin’s partner dies when their child is 28 weeks old.
Jin and his partner have already taken 41 weeks of Shared Parental Leave.
Jin takes the remaining 9 weeks of Shared Parental Leave that he’s entitled to.
He can then take 15 weeks of Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave, finishing on his child’s first birthday.
Example
Amira’s partner dies on the day their child is born.
Their child spends 5 weeks in Neonatal care.
Amira can take 52 weeks of Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave, ending on her child’s first birthday.
She can then take 5 weeks of Neonatal Care Pay and Leave, finishing within 68 weeks of her child’s birth date.
If you have started Paternity Leave
If you have already started Paternity Leave, you can take Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave after it has finished.
If you have started Shared Parental Leave
If you have already started Shared Parental Leave, you can take Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave:
- after your Shared Parental Leave has finished
- between 2 blocks of Shared Parental Leave (you must take Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave in one continuous block)
If you have started Neonatal Care Leave
If you have already started Neonatal Care Leave, you can take Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave after it has finished.
If you have started unpaid parental leave
If you have already started unpaid parental leave, you can take Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave after it has finished.