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Paternity Leave

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thcoms
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Paternity Leave

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What entitlement am are due regarding paternity leave, my wife is due to give birth to twins in Nov & my boss reckons im only allowed 1 wk off with full pay, ive looked on some websites & they state im entitled to 2 wks full pay as the government changed this last yr, anybody know what im entitled to???
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thcoms wrote:What entitlement am are due regarding paternity leave, my wife is due to give birth to twins in Nov & my boss reckons im only allowed 1 wk off with full pay, ive looked on some websites & they state im entitled to 2 wks full pay as the government changed this last yr, anybody know what im entitled to???
two weeks
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Yes it's 2 weeks,your manager is a cock...
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I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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cheers for the reply guys & thanx to POSTMAN for the CWU leaflet :)
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thcoms wrote:cheers for the reply guys & thanx to POSTMAN for the CWU leaflet :)
Use the RM one,most screws dismiss anything with a CWU logo on.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.