The word "paternity" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the state of being a father, or the legal recognition of a father's relationship to his child. For example: The couple celebrated the granting of paternal rights, confirming the man's paternity of their child.
8. Pay, holidays, maternity and paternity leave EU law guarantees workers' rights in areas such as maternity and paternity leave, holiday pay and in the event of mass redundancies.
It took him two weeks to come up with the word "Lee", so gawd knows what he'll be like distracted by a paternity test.
Studies of non-paternity show that up to 9% of children may be brought up by men who don't actually know they are not the biological fathers – but in studies where men say they are certain of their paternity, the rates fall to under 2%.
Related: Ed Miliband unveils plan to double length of paternity leave Parents will be allowed to split up to 50 weeks off work after having a baby or adopting.
Female political power, as measured by the number of MPs, as well as rights to maternity and paternity leave, also strongly corresponded to opportunities in the boardroom, the survey, believed to be the biggest of its kind, found.
However, additional paternity leave will now be replaced with shared parental leave.
Fathers will still be entitled to two weeks of paternity leave.
In a few, including Chile, Italy and Portugal, paternity leave is compulsory.
Last month Britain became the latest country to combine maternity and paternity leave into a single chunk of parental leave, to be split between mother and father however they see fit.
Though only a third of countries meet the ILO's recommended minimum of at least 14 weeks off for new mothers, paid at two-thirds their salary and funded publicly, the picture in the rich world is broadly good, and in the poor world improving.But how many countries meet the ILO's guidelines on paternity leave?
Until recently, national governments have been similarly uninterested: less than half of countries offer paternity leave of any sort.
