You may be entitled to different kinds of leave from work, such as:
 
Maternity Leave
 
Irrespective of length of service or hours of work, a pregnant employee is entitled to 52 weeks of statutory maternity leave (which may be paid or unpaid).
 
Paternity Leave

This is the right of fathers to take leave as the primary caregiver for their new born or newly adopted child.
 
Adoption Leave
 
An employee intending to adopt a child under 18 may be eligible to take up to three different kinds of statutory leave: ordinary and additional adoption leave, paternity leave, or shared parental leave.
 
Parental Leave
 
Parents of a child (whether born to the parents or adopted) are entitled to take up to 18 weeks of unpaid leave to care for that child at any time before the child's 18th birthday.
 
Shared Parental Leave
 
The right to shared parental leave allows, after birth, the mother of the child and a second person (who must be the father of child, or married to, or the civil partner of, or the partner of, that mother) to share up to 50 of the 52 weeks of leave to which the mother would otherwise be entitled as maternity leave. It therefore does not increase the overall amount of leave that may be taken; rather, it allows that entitlement to be shared between those two people, if they wish.
 
Parental Bereavement Leave
 
You and your partner may be able to take time off work if your child dies before they turn 18, or if you have a stillbirth after 24 weeks of pregnancy (paid or unpaid).
 
Bereavement Leave
 
Anyone legally classed as an employee has the right to unpaid time off if a 'dependant' dies (partner, child, parent, a person who relies on them).
 
Carers Leave
 
Eligible employees have a statutory ‘day one’ right (meaning there is no minimum service requirements) to take up to one week of unpaid leave time in each 12-month rolling period to provide or to arrange care for a dependant with a long-term care need.
 
Emergency Leave For Dependants
 
As an employee you’re allowed a reasonable amount of unpaid time off to deal with an emergency involving a dependant.