127 Time off work to accompany to ante-natal appointments
Children and Families Act 2014 (2014 c 6) | Legislation

Part 8 Time Off Work: Ante-natal Care Etc

127  Time off work to accompany to ante-natal appointments

(1)     After section 57ZD of the Employment Rights Act 1996 there is inserted—

“Accompanying to ante-natal appointments
57ZE Right to time off to accompany to ante-natal appointment

(1)     An employee who has a qualifying relationship with a pregnant woman or her expected child is entitled to be permitted by his or her employer to take time off during the employee's working hours in order that he or she may accompany the woman when she attends by appointment at any place for the purpose of receiving ante-natal care.

(2)     In relation to any particular pregnancy, an employee is not entitled to take time off for the purpose specified in subsection (1) on more than two occasions.

(3)     On each of those occasions, the maximum time off during working hours to which the employee is entitled is six and a half hours.

(4)     An employee is not entitled to take time off for the purpose specified in subsection (1) unless the appointment is made on the advice of a registered medical practitioner, registered midwife or registered nurse.

(5)     Where the employer requests the employee

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