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Paternity Leave Question

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mattandbenny
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Paternity Leave Question

Post by mattandbenny »

So i am a postman and my wife (she does not work for RM) is expecting our first baby in the summer.

I know we only get 2 weeks statutory paternity leave off here, but we read you can split it? So rather than me having just 2 weeks and her having 9 months, our preference is that she could ‘give’ me an extra month and i could have a month and a half off, and she could have 8 months off. Is that correct and possible to do with RM? If so how does it work, do i just ask my manager to print off the relevant forms to fill out?
Barnacle
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Re: Paternity Leave Question

Post by Barnacle »

I can’t give you details on how it is you go about organising it, but I do know it is possible to split it at RM because a lad in our office did just that with his wife.
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heraldmoth
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Re: Paternity Leave Question

Post by heraldmoth »

I would check government website on the matter.
heraldmoth
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