FCA Employee Handbook - Financial Conduct Authority

You cannot take paternity leave or be paid SPP before the birth of your baby. If your baby isnot born by the date you specified, you can change the date or choose to take leave from theactual date of birth or a specified number of days after the birth, provided you give at least 28days’ written notice of the new date or, if this is not possible, as soon as reasonablypracticable. You must confirm in writing when you change your mind about your leave dates.If your baby is born before it is due you may not have given notice of your intention to claimpaternity leave. In this instance you should confirm in writing as soon as is reasonablypracticable.Additional Paternity Leave (APL)You may be entitled to take up to 26 weeks’ APL within the first year of your child’s birthprovided that you satisfy all of the qualifying criteria for OPL as outlined above, and themother has returned to work before using his/her full entitlement to Additional MaternityLeave. Your partner does not have to be an FCA employee. There are a number of additionalconditions to APL:the earliest that APL can start is 20 weeks after the date the child is born and it must endno later than 12 months after that date;it must be taken in a single block in multiples of complete weeks;the minimum period of APL is 2 weeks and the maximum is 26 weeks; anda gap is permitted between the completion of the mother’s maternity leave and your APL,providing the above conditions are met.Eligibility for APLYou need to satisfy the following conditions to qualify for APL:be our employee;have been continuously employed by the FCA for at least 26 weeks by the end of the 15thweek before the expected week of childbirth;remain in continuous employment with the FCA until the week before the first week ofAPL;be the biological father of the child, the mother’s husband, partner/civil partner;be taking leave to care for the child; andthe mother of the child must be entitled to one or more of maternity leave, StatutoryMaternity Pay or maternity allowance.Notification requirements before starting APLAt least 8 weeks’ before the week your baby is due, you must complete the AdditionalPaternity Leave (Word) form (contact the HR Helpline for a copy) which:gives notice of the date you wish to start and end APL and Additional Statutory PaternityPay (ASPP);gives notice of the date your child is expected to be born;confirms the date the actual date of birth;FCA Employee Handbook 2013 80