Background and Summary Part 8: Time off work: Ante-natal care etc
27.Part 8 creates a new right for employees and qualifying agency workers to take unpaid time off work to attend up to two ante-natal appointments with a pregnant woman. The right is available to the pregnant woman’s husband, civil partner or partner, the father or parent of the pregnant woman’s child, and intended parents in a surrogacy situation who meet specified conditions.
28.Provision is made for paid and unpaid time off work for adopters to attend meetings in advance of a child being placed with them for adoption.