When does paternity leave start

[Marcellus]

An employees wifes waters have broken (5 days ago) and he hasn't been in work since.

Did his paternity leave start 5 days ago or does it start when the baby is born and he's just unpaid absent for the past 5 days.

Goodwill doesn't come into it as the employee is a workshy slacker!!

[cslgirl]

I would have thought it would start when he left 5 days ago.

[EdJ]

It starts when he takes time off.

[mechsympathy]

Shirley it starts when he stops coming to work?

[SpydieNut]

not *sure*

but i thought he was allowed 2 wks around the time of the child birth and be up to him when he took it, so would have started 5 days ago.

whether a work-shy slacker like him should be allowed to breed is another story

Edited by SpydieNut on Tuesday 3rd March 16:04

[cslgirl]

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Moneyandworken...


How much paternity leave can you take?
As long as you meet certain conditions you can take either one or two weeks. You can't take odd days off and if you take two weeks they must be taken together.

You can choose to start the leave:

on the day the baby is born

a number of days or weeks after the baby is born

from a specific date after the first day of the week in which the baby is expected to be born

Your leave can start on any day of the week (but not before the baby is born), but has to finish within 56 days of the baby being born or, if the baby is born before the week it was due, within 56 days of the first day of that week.

If your partner has a multiple birth, you are only allowed one period of paternity leave.

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You will have to find out when the baby arrived and maybe he then takes unpaid leave or takes it out of his holiday entitlement up until the birth date.

Edited by cslgirl on Tuesday 3rd March 16:06

[Marcellus]

thanks guys... as always