Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave: becoming an adoptive or parental order parent (SC4)
Use form SC4 if you are an employee, adopt a baby and need to apply to your employer for Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave.
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Use form SC4 to apply for Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave if you’re either:
- an employee adopting a child or planning to adopt a child as part of a ‘fostering for adoption arrangement
- a parental order parent
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Paternity pay and leave: employee guide
Guidance on what you get, how to claim, eligibility and additional paid paternity leave.
Last updated 7 November 2018 + show all updates
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Welsh translation added.
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An updated form SC4 for employees who adopt a baby and need to apply to your employer for Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave has been published.
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Updated form SC4 incorporating the introduction of Parental Order Parents in surrogacy and foster to adopt cases and changes giving customers correct information and aid applications for Statutory Paternity Pay/paternity leave for parental order parents.
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An updated form SC4 for employees who adopt a baby and need to apply to your employer for Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave has been published.
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First published.