Paternity leave?

Question

Hi,

Any one have any idea if i have any rights to paternity leave as i been contracting with the company (threw an agency) for 11 months and now taken on perm. been working perm for almost 2 months now and the baby is due on 27th januray.

Answer 1

In UK paternity leave is 2 weeks

Answer 2

check out direct.gov.uk
they have loads of info here is a snippit below:

Are you entitled to paid statutory paternity leave?
To qualify for paternity pay and leave you must be an ‘employee’. If you are a ‘worker’ you will not qualify for leave but may qualify for pay. If you are unsure if you are a ‘worker’ or an ‘employee’ read the article below.

Are you a 'worker', 'employee' or 'self-employed'? You can take statutory paternity leave if you:

are an employee, with a contract of employment (most agency workers and sub contractors don't have the right to paid paternity leave) and
are the biological father of the child, or are the mother's husband or partner (including a mother's partner in a same-sex relationship) and
have been with your employer for at least 26 weeks by the end of the 15th week before the beginning of the week when the baby's due and
will be fully involved in the child's upbringing and are taking the time off to support the mother or care for the baby.
and this leave is paid if you:

earn at least the lower earnings limit (LEL) for National Insurance contributions.
If you earn less than the LEL, (currently £87 a week), you have the right to unpaid paternity leave if you meet the other conditions, and could get Income Support while on paternity leave.

Answer 3

if you have worked for the company for 12mths by the time of the birth of the baby (regardless of agency I would think) you should be entitled to at least the first 2 weeks immediately following the birth of the baby as paternity leave. It will probably be unpaid though as not very many companys pay parternity leave.

You had better be upfront and tell your boss now that you need some time off or contact your union official or Human Resources person at work to get a better indication. Each employer can be different depending on the circumstances.

best of luck and congrats on the baby!

Answer 4

Sometimes you don't get those kind of benefits until you've been there for a certain amount of time. Also, some jobs don't give men paternity leave.

Just go to the HR department they can tell you.

Read the fine print on the link the poster under me put.

"Note that this is general guidance only: it has no legal force and cannot cover every point and situation. It describes the position which applies in England, Wales and Scotland."

This is not a LAW and some jobs DO NOT give men paternity leave TO MEN, especially not a there expense.

You would probably just have to use some PTO time, if you get any this early.

Answer 5

Normally if you are a contractor you must work with a company for 12 months before they start giving you things such as Maternity leave or Paternal Leave. Even then you may not be paid for that leave. My partner got two weeks parternal leave but he has been with his company for over ten years. It would pay to start asking questions, you might not be entiled to it. As your agency whether you are entitle to it and if not organise two weeks unpaided leave. If you can get more then more power to you. You might have to use your leave up to so save it and then at least you will be paid for that too. Good luck and congrats when the baby arrives.

Answer 6

Like a lot of good ideas it's expensive and the cost would be shared between the employer and the tax payer. The government would be asking employers to take on people who aren't available for work for three to six months at a time. A lot of companies can't even afford to employ productive people at the moment. Meanwhile the UK treasury has a trillion pound budget deficit to deal with. Since Labour came to power they have increased entitlements in line with all the tax revenue coming from the bankers in London. That bubble has burst and here in the UK we are going to have to try a bit of post-socialism over the next few years. I don't think the likely new Conservative government in May will back this policy proposal for fathers.

Answer 7

well companies are different. my husband gets paternity leave for 6-8 weeks. he works for the state of texas.

Answer 8

yes all fathers to be are entitled to get leave not sure if you will get paid though as you have only been full time for 2 months good luck with the new arrival you are usually allowed a week with full pay but check wth your employers

Answer 9

In south africa the father gets 3 days paternity leave. I am sure in america as well.

Answer 10

That depends upon the rules and regulations relating to leave in your company.
Apply for leave ,if permissible.