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<p>Employed fathers have a number of workplace employment rights which can be used
to help care for their children or to support the other parent, subject to meeting
qualifying conditions. These include Paternity Leave and Pay, Shared Parental Leave
and Pay, Unpaid Parental Leave and time off for dependants. Where a child is born
prematurely, fathers have the flexibility to take Paternity Leave and Pay within 8
weeks of the expected date of birth rather than within 8 weeks of the actual birth.</p><p>The
Government is sympathetic towards the traumatic experiences of parents whose babies
have been admitted to neonatal care units. This is why officials in the Department
are currently conducting an informal review of the provisions available to parents
or premature and sick babies and those experiencing multiple births, as part of the
evaluation of Shared Parental Leave.</p>
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