Work and Families Act 2006

1. Introduction

2. Summary

3. Background

4. Territorial Extent

5. Commentary on Sections

   1. Section 1: Maternity pay period

   2. Section 2: Adoption pay period

   3. Section 3: Additional paternity leave: birth

   4. Section 4: Additional paternity leave: adoption

   5. Section 5: Rights during and after additional paternity leave

   6. Section 6: Entitlement to additional statutory paternity pay: birth

   7. Section 7: Entitlement to additional statutory paternity pay: adoption

   8. Section 8: Entitlement to additional statutory paternity pay: general

   9. Section 9: Liability to make payments of additional statutory paternity pay

   10. Section 10: Additional statutory paternity pay: rate and period of pay

   11. Section 11: Leave and pay related to birth or adoption

   12. Section 12: Flexible working

   13. Section 13: Annual leave

   14. Section 14: Increasing the maximum amount of a week’s pay for certain purposes

   15. Section 15: Repeals

   16. Section 17: Corresponding provision for Northern Ireland

   17. Section 18: Financial provisions

6. Commentary on Schedules

   1. Schedule 1 – Leave and pay related to birth or adoption: further amendments

   2. Schedule 2 - Repeals

7. Commencement

   1. Hansard References