Dads' Maternity leave?

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ein

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What maternity leave if any is a dad entittled too following the brith of his child?
 
Re: Dads Maternity leave?

By negotiation with your employer, you may apply for up to 14 weeks unpaid parental leave, but I assume that's not what you mean(?).
 
Re: Dads Maternity leave?

DrMoriarty said:
By negotiation with your employer, you may apply for up to 14 weeks unpaid parental leave, but I assume that's not what you mean(?).
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My employer would not even entertain 2weeks least of all 14weeks unpaid, I will just have to let my holidays accumalate
 
Re: Dads Maternity leave?

ein said:
My employer would not even entertain 2weeks least of all 14weeks unpaid, I will just have to let my holidays accumalate
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Other than deferring the request initially your employer has no choice in this matter and it is a statutory right to avail of this leave and you cannot be victimised for doing so! See CitizensInformation for additional info - e.g.:
 
There may also be an option to take Parental Leave in days or hours, if your employer agrees. Colleagues I know take two days per week (Monday and Friday) which suits them better than blocks of unpaid weeks.
 
Welfarite said:
There may also be an option to take Parental Leave in days or hours, if your employer agrees. Colleagues I know take two days per week (Monday and Friday) which suits them better than blocks of unpaid weeks.
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Sounds brillant, that is some thing my employer would be more intrested in
 
Yes - but you should remember that Parental Leave is a statutory entitlement and while obviously there has to be give and take on both (employer and employee) sides it is not at the sole discretion of the employer to decide if and when this leave can be taken!
 

Yes, point taken
 
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