Section 76

The Secretary of State shall make regulations entitling an employee who satisfies specified conditions— to be absent from work on parental leave for the purpose of caring for a child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . as to having, or expecting to have, responsibility for a child, The regulations shall include provision for determining— the extent of an employee’s entitlement to parental leave in respect of a child; when parental leave may be taken. Provision under subsection (2)(a) shall secure that where an employee is entitled to parental leave in respect of a child he is entitled to a period or total period of leave of at least three months; but this subsection is without prejudice to any provision which may be made by the regulations for cases in which— a person ceases to satisfy conditions under subsection (1); an entitlement to parental leave is transferred. Provision under subsection (2)(b) may, in particular, refer to— a child’s age, or a specified period of time starting from a specified event. Regulations under subsection (1) may— specify things which are, or are not, to be taken as done for the purpose of caring for a child; require parental leave to be taken as a single period of absence in all cases or in specified cases; require parental leave to be taken as a series of periods of absence in all cases or in specified cases; require all or specified parts of a period of parental leave to be taken at or by specified times; make provision about the postponement by an employer of a period of parental leave which an employee wishes to take; specify a minimum or maximum period of absence which may be taken as part of a period of parental leave. specify a maximum aggregate of periods of parental leave which may be taken during a specified period of time.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04