Just wondering if anyone can help inform me? We will be having bubba number 2 in November and I was wondering whether its possible for DH to get parental leave paid when bub is born? How does the new legislation work and are we goign to be too early for it?
the new legislation doesn't take effect until Jan 1 2011 - and doesn't really impact the father at all (unless the mother returns to work when the baby is less than 18 weeks, in which case dad may get a few weeks paid to be at home as primary carer). all exisiting legislation is in place and will be what impacts his entitlements for this year, so he will only be entitled to paid leave if it is part of his agreement or award. as a general understanding, permanent staff would get two weeks of leave (not necessarily paid unless they have acrued annual leave which they can use). it is a very murky area and he needs to speak to his employer about his entitlements under his current employment terms
Thanks Briggsy, I'm guessing his work wouldn't have any entitlements so I guess we will be using up his annual after all, bugger! Oh well what can you do lol
No luckily we've been saving his annual so he will have around 4.5 weeks by the time bub comes, was just hoping the universe would be kind and allow us to use his leave for an actual holiday lol
New parental leave laws?
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