fathers paid paternity leave?

[tiger ranks]

To my surprise I had to take 2 weeks out of my annual holiday as my company don't pay for time off for having children or take the government statory pay of ?125 a week been a home owner I could not take this

has this happened to anybody else out there and is this a common thing

[david_carnell]

I thought 2 weeks paid paternity leave was a legal entitlement?

[david_carnell]

Do you meet the eligibility criteria:

https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/eligibility

[Loz]

Being a home owner has, as far as I know, nothing to do with it.

Your rights (including extra Shared Parental Leave) are explained here: http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/problem/im-about-to-become-a-father---what-are-my-paternity-rights

[sheff]

I'm not sure there are many, if any employers who pay for paternity over and above the government set amounts.

I'm taking holiday for mine, and i did last time.

[????]

Some employers may give you above statutory but a full 2 weeks very unlikely . I've a very decent employer benefits wise and we get 3 days on Full pay I think, then statutory

[david_carnell]

In what other ways are they "very decent" if you don't get more than three days paid paternity leave?

[Loz]

Do your employers give benefits over and above standard maternity leave/pay (quite a few do)? If so, I reckon you'd have a pretty decent sex discrimination case.

[ratty]

I got two weeks full pay for both of mine. Homeless charities at the time.

[Jeremy]

Two weeks on full pay for me.

[oimissus]

my husband got 2 weeks full pay, plus another two weeks full pay to be taken any time before the child turns 5. An employer who only offers 3 days isn't decent and the fact that men are just accepting this isn't great either. What does your employer think about shared parental leave?

[tiger ranks]

thanks for all your posts

looks like some of you have excellent employers

[david_carnell]

2 weeks full pay for me and I'm now using the shared parental leave scheme and they are paying me full pay for a further 8 weeks while MrsDC goes back to work.

[Otta]

Bloody hell, that's good!

I was working for an agency when both mine were born, and I just got the statutory pay for 2 weeks both times.