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Paternity Leave

SwisdomSwisdom
in Not Sports Related
Howdy,

Random question of the day. What is the maternity pay at your workplace? And what is your entitlement?

I recall getting a choice of either 1 or 2 weeks which had to be taken in one lump and it was full pay.

I'm looking to see if that's the norm or if I was lucky

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    bobmunrobobmunro
    You were lucky in that most employers would only pay the SPL payment of £140 per week.
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    PL54PL54
    At my old place Paternity leave was 2 weeks on full pay and didn't have to be taken as a 2 week chunk, could be split up over a certain time period.

    For my first born I also took parental leave and had the summer off with him - that's unpaid though.
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    Ben18Ben18
    Took it back in March.

    2 weeks off (but I was given the option to split it into 2 to have at any time in the first 12 weeks?) but only got statutory pay
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    northstandstevenorthstandsteve
    fuck me, never existed when my kids were born, gonna get shot down here but as a employer it's a pain up the feckin arse.
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    North Lower NeilNorth Lower Neil
    I would have got statutory paternity pay with the jobs I was in both times.

    Bad time to drop down to getting paid £140 a week, so I just saved up my leave and took two weeks holiday both times.
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    SwisdomSwisdom
    northstandsteve said:

    fuck me, never existed when my kids were born, gonna get shot down here but as a employer it's a pain up the feckin arse.

    I've got 2 staff members coming up and was surprised when HR told me it was £139 per week.....didn't realise I was so lucky.

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    WSSWSS
    Can you not split it now if you want between mother and father?

    https://www.gov.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-pay/overview
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    bobmunrobobmunro
    WSS said:

    Can you not split it now if you want between mother and father?

    https://www.gov.uk/shared-parental-leave-and-pay/overview

    That's a different and additional right from Statutory Paternity Leave
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    RothkoRothko
    edited December 2015
    Three weeks full pay for paternity leave here, can be split into weeks, but must be taken in the first year
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    GreenWithEnvyGreenWithEnvy
    I got 2 weeks full pay, split or one block, choice was mine. Seems it varies from place to place.
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    SwisdomSwisdom
    Rothko said:

    Three weeks full pay for paternity leave here, can be split into weeks, but must be taken in the first year

    Nice. Civil service?

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    nth_london_addicknth_london_addick
    I offer time and a half not to go off
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    PL54PL54
    nth london addick said:

    I offer time and a half not to go off

    That's not the spirit !
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    WSSWSS
    nth london addick said:

    I offer time and a half not to go off

    Homewrecker.
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    DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    They let me take 2 weeks full pay but logged in every now and then to check everything was ok.
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    nth_london_addicknth_london_addick
    It's more important to have the ability to pay for your off spring than be there

    If they really moan they can have time and 3/4s and they can work their lunch and finish early
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    ElthamaddickElthamaddick
    I was under the impression that legally 'fathers' got 2 weeks full pay now from birth
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    bobmunrobobmunro
    Elthamaddick said:

    I was under the impression that legally 'fathers' got 2 weeks full pay now from birth

    Nope - https://www.gov.uk/employers-paternity-pay-leave/entitlement
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    F-BlockerF-Blocker
    I got 2 weeks full pay & also took 2 weeks holiday to get a ahole month off :wink:
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    T_C_ET_C_E
    edited December 2015
    Can I get it back dated for 35 years?
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    jamiebcooljamiebcool
    2 weeks. 4 days full pay the rest statutory pay of a hundred and something a week. A pittance really!
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    HornchurchHornchurch
    jamiebcool said:

    2 weeks. 4 days full pay the rest statutory pay of a hundred and something a week. A pittance really!

    It is to get you used to the fact that you are going to have NO money, after your child is born
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