More on Dependency leave

UPS this week are now telling drivers that they cannot take time off as dependency leave.
They have to take it as holiday.

Directgov states

Your right to time off for dependants

If you are an 'employee', you have the right to unpaid time off work to deal with emergencies involving a 'dependant' – this could be your husband, wife, partner, child, parent, or anyone living in your household as a member of the family. A dependant may also be anyone who reasonably relies on you for help in an emergency, for example an elderly neighbour living alone who falls and breaks a leg and you are the closest on hand.


To me, wife and hospital counts as dependency leave.