Please use this form to request a period of Paternity/Partner Leave. You are advised to read the Paternity/Partner Procedure before completing this form.

If you wish to take Paternity/partner leave you should provide at least 15 weeks’ notice of the baby’s due date (EWC) by completing this Paternity/Partner Leave Form.

Please send this form to Human Resources – Employment Services Centre: HR@abdn.ac.uk

Section A PERSONAL DETAILS (to be completed in block capitals)
Employee ID Number:
Continuous Service Date:
First Name(s):	Last Name:
Contact Telephone Number:	Email:
Post Title:
School:	Section:
Expected Week of Childbirth / Birth date if known / Placement date:

Section B LEAVE OPTIONS
I have read the University of Aberdeen’s Paternity / Partner Leave Procedure and understand my entitlement. I accept the conditions under which these provisions are granted and now wish to apply for pay/leave in accordance with the selected option below. You can take up to four weeks' paternity leave. You do not have to take your leave in one single period, but the leave must be booked in blocks of at least one week. Please complete the table in Section C to confirm the leave you wish to utilize. If Staff are taking unpaid leave: I would like to maintain my employee/employer pension contributions during the period of unpaid paternity leave I will not be maintaining my employee/employer pension contributions, and I understand that the University will not be making any employer contributions to my pension scheme until I return to work
Section C LEAVE PERIOD
Leave can be taken at any point in the first year after the birth/placement of the child. You do not have to take your leave in one single period, but the leave must be booked in blocks of at least one week. I would like to take paternity leave on the following dates: Type of Leave Number of Weeks Date Start Date End Full Pay (Max 2 weeks) Inclusive of SPP Unpaid Leave Total (Can't exceed four weeks)
Signed:	Date:

Section D EMPLOYEE DECLARATION
To qualify for SPP and ordinary paternity leave you must satisfy all three requirements as detailed below. I declare that I am: the baby’s biological father, or married to or in a civil partnership with the mother/main adopter, or living with the mother in an enduring family relationship, but am not an immediate relative, and I will have responsibility for the child’s upbringing, and I will take time off work to support the mother/main adopter to care for the child For staff adopting a child with their partner only: I declare that I am adopting the child with my partner and I want to receive Statutory Paternity Pay and ordinary paternity leave, not Statutory Adoption Pay and adoption leave. Signed: Date: Click here to enter a date