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andrewducker) wrote2020-10-05 03:10 pm
andrewducker) wrote2020-10-05 03:10 pm
I got lucky with my Parental Leave
I felt awkward about this, as I tend to feel awkward about things where I'm doing better than most. But if people don't know what's possible, and available elsewhere, then they may never realise there's something to aim for.
Earlier this year, following a company merger, the company started merging together its policies so that they were the same. And also bringing some of them up to date so that they matched what our competitors were offering.
And amongst those was the parental leave. Which is six months fully paid for either parent.
Yes, I know, I was boggled too. And so very, very grateful when it was brought into force in July, just two months before Gideon was born.
This means that I'll be at home working together with Jane to raise Gideon until March. This feels massive to me.
(And on top of that he's not even as hard to raise as Sophia was. He's a lot more placid. We're still not getting much sleep - but being woken every couple of hours at night is much less stressful if you know you don't have to get 8 hours of work done the next day.)
Earlier this year, following a company merger, the company started merging together its policies so that they were the same. And also bringing some of them up to date so that they matched what our competitors were offering.
And amongst those was the parental leave. Which is six months fully paid for either parent.
Yes, I know, I was boggled too. And so very, very grateful when it was brought into force in July, just two months before Gideon was born.
This means that I'll be at home working together with Jane to raise Gideon until March. This feels massive to me.
(And on top of that he's not even as hard to raise as Sophia was. He's a lot more placid. We're still not getting much sleep - but being woken every couple of hours at night is much less stressful if you know you don't have to get 8 hours of work done the next day.)
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If you are the mother of the child, the time you are on maternity leave after the birth is deducted from the 3 years. This means: parental leave and maternity leave after the birth together amount to 3 years. If you start parental leave immediately after maternity leave, you can stay on parental leave until the day before your child's 3rd birthday. Without maternity leave - for example as a father - you can also take parental leave from birth until this day.
You are free to choose the start and end of your parental leave. However, from the 3rd birthday of your child, you can take a maximum of 24 months of parental leave, and for births before July 1, 2015, only 12 months. There are special features for parental leave from the 3rd birthday, see Dividing parental leave into several sections.
Your parental leave does not have to start with the birth of your child or after maternity leave. For example, you can start your parental leave from your first birthday or at any other time before your third birthday.
You are free to decide how long you take parental leave. You can take the whole 3 years of parental leave or just part of it. Parental leave is also possible for individual months, weeks or even days.
Parental leave does not start automatically. If you want to take parental leave, you must notify your employer in writing.
In the case of adopted children and children in adoptive care or full-time care, parental leave can begin at the earliest on the day on which you took care of the child. Usually this is the day on which you took the child into your household. You can find more on this topic under Parental leave for adoptive parents and foster parents.
If you have twins or multiple births, you can take parental leave for each child. You can find more information under Parental leave for twins or multiple births."
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understand) where school is only in the morning, so it is super hard for both parents to work full time - and yeah, sadly, mums take the brunt... Only cure there is equal pay / opportunities. Not quick to achieve, even here.
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