Adoptive Parents - Rights to Leave and Pay

Start dates

Both paid adoption leave and paid paternity leave are available to employees where an adoption agency notifies the adopter of a match with a child on or after 6 April 2003.

Both adoption and paternity leave and pay are also available to employees where an adoption agency notifies the adopter of a match with a child before 6 April 2003, but the child is placed on or after 6 April 2003 (special notice arrangements will apply).