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        "text": "Unpaid parental leave: the number of weeks an employee who has, or expects to have, responsibility for a child is entitled to be absent from work to care for that child (regulation 14(1) of the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999). The entitlement is per CHILD; regulations 14(2) to (4) define what a week's leave is for a given employee, and regulation 13 sets who qualifies.",
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