should they get materntiy leave to

[mich71]

dh and i were talking and he thinks men should get maternity leave as well if they take time off to look after kids and to help settle in with baby when we come home i see his point why should they be forst have to take hollidays for that

[KarniF00l]

Yes men should get PATERNITY leave. If they work in a respected company they often let the new dad take time off. My DH's work let him take 2 weeks off. :D

[MeeG]

i think its jus as important for guys to have the oppertunity too, as long as they do the job of taking care of bubs properly then i'd be all for it :thumbsup:

[Beany]

Pot-ay-to, pot-ah-to ... at my husband's workplace, they call it "partner leave" :D

Yes, I think it should be standard practice in all jobs.

[InSaneOne]

my dh got 2 days paternity leave. then he just used his holidays to be with me and bubs for 2 weeks. his work also have days that parents can take called family days - kinda like sick leave but without a dr's cert for him. it comes in handy when i need to take bubs for her needles.

[bigglet]

My DH got 15 days patenity leave which was fantastic! :smiliedance:

Some workplaces now offer 'parental leave' which basically means that either the mum or dad takes the offered "yearly" leave - it gives you the choice of whether mum or dad becomes the primary caretaker. Excellent me thinks! :D

[zenifa]

My husband works as a public servant for the state govt and got 1 weeks paternity leave when DD was born, however he did take another 2 weeks annual leave.
I think personally that men should be entitled to 6 weeks paid paternity leave a year and women should get 6 mths paid maternity leave (so they could take it for 12 mths at half pay)!!

[razzle]

My DP got 2 weeks parental leave when Eloise was born. And I think in the award that he was under, 'maternity' leave was called parental leave and it was for the primary caregiver.

[shed]

DP was allowed one week's unpaid paternity leave, but he has so much annual leave he just took two week's of that.

[Ana Gram]

A lot of the bigger companies do offer that. Dp had some time off but i couldn't wait to get rid of him to be honest.

[Rhoxie]

My hubby has had a week's paid paternity leave for each child and then taken further leave using his accrued annual leave or built up time in leiu.

From what I was reading before I had my youngest ..all partners are allowed to take one week unpaid paternity leave on the birth of a new child AND/OR up to 12 months unpaid paternity leave if and only if they are the main care provider of the new child and their partner is not also taking time off work.

I would like to see all new fathers entitled to one week's paid paternity leave.

[~EmsMum~]

I think they should :)

[Mum&bubs]

I think they should so they can spend time with their new bundle of joy just like the mother & also help out a bit too :D

[Roopee]

DH's workplace offers 12mths paternity leave. Its not paid but if i was to go back to work within 12mths then he can take the remainder off, if that makes sense.
He had 4 weeks off when i had DS1 and i was ready for divirce by then LOL and with DS2 it was a whole 3 days:eek: But with DD1 he had 2 weeks off and i dont know how long he intends to take off with thisone but i HOPE its no more than 2 weeks LOL.

[SamanthaJane]

I think they should! Definitley! :yes: :thumbsup:

[bec79]

From what I was reading before I had my youngest ..all partners are allowed to take one week unpaid paternity leave on the birth of a new child AND/OR up to 12 months unpaid paternity leave if and only if they are the main care provider of the new child and their partner is not also taking time off work.





I thought that this was the case Australia wide regardless of where dads work??
Seeing that DF works for himself, he took 3 weeks off when dd was born. I don't think I would have coped without him.

[FourAngelKisses]

DH can only get paternity leave if I was working. Otherwise, he has to use his own holidays. I think they should get it, after all, having a new baby means as much to the father as it does for the mother.

[Em&Zac]

DH received two weeks paid paternity leave with each of two children. We were also able to use some of his annual leave and do 1 month of 3 day weeks at work.

Bree

[FourAngelKisses]

I'm trying to talk DH into taking early retirement when this one is born, I LOVE having him home. I always cry when he goes back to work because I miss him. :(

[Mischief]

Yes, I'd love to see men get paid paternity leave!

In the company I work for men get 1 week unpaid leave, and can take as long as they want with their annual leave. If the mans partner is unable to take maternity leave....the man can stay at home for up to 6 weeks paid.

[Milliner]

Yes they should all get time off!!

[subaruforestermum]

My partner worked for a big international company and he recieved Parental Leave, they can also take it if their kids get sick, etc.... It was really great especially after the hard time I went through, I needed him there.....

Men are entitled to be able to have time off too, as it's not just the womans life who is changing, and the father deserves the right to build that bond in the first few days of life too......:thumbsup:

[Tulp]

Yes they should.

[Angelmist♥]

My DH had 2 weeks paid paternity leave.

[MrsMiggins]

My company offers what is called "Parental Leave".

The primary care giver of the child (be it the father or the mother) is entitled to up to 12 months leave to care for their child. The parent can choose to have either 12 weeks of this leave with full pay, or 24 weeks at half pay.

If the staff member is NOT to be the primary care giver, they can have 6 weeks at full pay.

[Sarie]

I believe they should. They have to get a handle on things just as much as mum and in the early days they all need the rest and support of each other.
We're lucky DH works for the government and gets paternity leave.

[MissSparkle]

I think men should get paternity leave.

My DF had to work the whole 1st day of my long 50hours of first stage labour so I spent the hot summer day alone with very irregular and erratic contractions.

He then had the day off that our DS was born but had to go back to work the next day. Even the day he took us home from hospital...he dropped us off and had to go to work. I'll just add he was a chef at the time and the day we left hospital was Valentines day so it was their busiest day of the year but still....I'd just had a baby!!!!!

[Lisa123]

Both my work and my DP's work offer the same entitlements to men as women, provided that the men are the primary caregiver.

I believe it should be like that. Some women are more career minded than men and may earn bigger bucks, so in the long run it will benefit the family if the mother goes back to work and the father stays at home.

[~Danni~]

I thought most men were entitled to one weeks unpaid paternity leave??? prehaps not though...:confused: if they aren't I think men NEED to have the right to paternity leave, it is just as important for them to have time with there children as mothers.

when DS is born in Nov DF is taking one weeks unpaid and two weeks of his holidays:yelclap::smiliedance: he only took three days with DD cos he had just started his new job an didn't want to cause to many problems right off the bat:p

[bpato]

Dh got sox days paternity leave when bub and I came home from hospital.

He is entitled to paid leave (not sure how much) if he was to be the primary caregiver for any period of time.

Hope that make sense

Belinda

[Hokey Pokey]

I think yes, a week maybe 2 at most just to settle and look after Mum and Bubs ;)

[Yasmeena]

yup of course both parents should be entitled to parental leave upon the birth of a child. Funny how our government so desperately wants us to have kids but doesn't allow family friendly workplace legislation.

[jade21887]

My hubby gets 1 week paid paternity leave, and then he can take up to 12 months off unpaid. We usually combined paternity leave with annual leave.

[Percy]

My DH's boss is really great, and he got two weeks paid "paternity" leave.

It was really decent of him considering its just him and DH that work at the store.

[Will]

I think fathers should definaetly get at least a week if not two. As well as the bonding etc they arent going to sleep through bub screaming all through the night or whatever. And bub just did all that work to meet his/her mummy AND daddy, they deserve to get to know both :D

[Immaculata]

My dh is the boss and has been for 18 years - he was one of the first to give paid paternity leave in Victoria, pity he was so poor at taking it himself, lol! Maybe next time...