Commentary on Sections Part 8 – Time Off Work: Ante-Natal Care Etc Section 128: Time off work to attend adoption appointments
653.This section inserts new sections 57ZJ to 57ZS into Part VI of the ERA, and makes provision for employed single adopters, or employed adoptive couples, to take time off to attend appointments relating to the placement of a child for adoption or for “Fostering for Adoption” (as to which, see the commentary on section 2). The purpose of the appointments is to enable the adopter(s) to bond with the child and to meet with professionals involved in the care of the child, thus increasing the chances of the adoption being successful.