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Paternity Leave
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Earlier in the pregnancy my husband researched his company's paternity leave policy and it wasn't looking good for any paid time off. He basically had to use his PTO for paternity leave. Well today he talks with someone whose wife just had a baby and finds out that they now get 2 weeks paid leave that kicks in once they use 3 PTO days. Yay! I'm so excited that he'll be home with us for 2.5 weeks and won't have to exhaust all of his vacation days. What kinds of paternity leave do your SOs get?
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DH will take whatever they give him and say 'thank you' with a big smile. He'll be starting a new job when I am 32w3d pregnant, and we are just hoping for the best. Honestly, I don't think he's even researched it yet because he'll be such a new employee when LO arrives.
LUCKILY, we are moving to a city about 100 miles from both our families, so there is ample/awesome support fairly close by. (We're currently 300+ miles away in an apartment with no space for guests.)
As long as the insurance is good and DH is there for the first few days (he'll take every minute of PTO he has accrued), then that's all I can really ask for.
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DH gets two weeks paid pat leave. He also has a ridiculous amount of PTO built up (he's worked for the same university for 12 years) so he'll take a few weeks off around the holidays as well when I go back to work (I get no paid leave and only have enough PTO to get me through the end of November) so that DS#2 doesn't need to start daycare until January.
My husband works for the federal government in Canada, so he has the option of taking up to 9 months off (within the first year), at a pay rate of something like 91 or 92% of his normal pay. He doesn't get money put into his pension during this time, but it's pretty awesome that he has the option of being here so long. From what I understand, the 9 months is only an option for one parent, so if I was a citizen and working, I would probably take the time and he was take much less- but since I am a US citizen, he can take the extended leave.
eta: I really wish companies took pat leave more seriously and realized that when they are more flexible and generous with time off, flex time, etc. , they actually get better work output from men.
ditto - my husband "gets" to use his PTO too.
Luckily, the company we both work for is also shut down for the week between Christmas and New Years, so he'll take some time off when she's born and then will be home for almost 2 weeks at the end of the month anyway
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All of this except substitue 'engineers' for 'architects.' He will have 5 days he can take, but he'll probably only use 2-3 depending on how long I'm in the hospital. We have a live in nanny that can take DS if he has to go back to work for whatever reason.
My hubby gets 6 weeks of paid vacation every year which we never use. He has 2 weeks left over from last year still and has not touched his 6 weeks from this year. In theory he could take it all off, but I am sure in the world of hedge funds if they can do with out him for 8 weeks then he doesn't need to work there anymore.
He is taking a week when LO gets here and the week between christmas and new years and then various days here and there. He does work from home on occasion so he can be around if I need him while I am still on mat leave
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DH is in the army and will get 2 weeks off. The military is doing their best to allow soldiers time off when their unit can spare them.
We are lucky to be with a very family oriented unit right now that will do everything they can to make sure we have the time we need together.
Unfortunately my husband gets paid by the hour with absolutely no benefits/leave so he doesn't "get" any leave
But he will be off the days I'm in the hospital and hopefully another day or two once we get home. He may be able to work part time in office and part time at home a little bit. My husband pays most of the bills so as much as I want him at home with me, we can't really afford it.
I'm not provided with any paid maternity leave either. I can use sick leave for up to 6 weeks (or longer if doctor says I'm still recovering) and vacation leave for time after that. However, I don't want to end up with 0 hours when I come back to work so I'm only using my hours for half of my maternity leave and the rest will be leave without pay.
Same here. And they even give him a hard time about using that. I know he is FMLA eligible, but sadly we cannot afford for him to be off with no pay and he only has two days of PTO remaining to use this year unless we don't go visit my family for the holidays. Luckily, my mom is flying here for three weeks so I won't be at home with the new baby all by myself. I'm just praying that baby comes on a Thursday or Friday so he can get a few extra days with us. I know it's not something we can plan, but a girl can dream, right?
My DH works for a non-profit that doesn't fall under FMLA guidelines. Anything he takes will come straight out of his PTO. And for the longest time, he was the only employee there with small children. In the last two months, there have been two births and they've just hired a new CEO with small kids. We have our fingers crossed that new paternity/maternity policies will be put into place.
I work for a major university and get absolutely no paid maternity leave. Any leave I take comes out of my PTO also. And I was denied STD coverage because I was pregnant when hired - pre-existing condition.
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My husband can take up to 10 days (I think). The catch is that you have to have been with the company for a year, which he hasn't. However, once you have been there a year you can take paternity leave any time within a year of the baby's birth. So for us, that means he can take it between July-October of next year. He'll use PTO/unpaid leave when the baby comes, since he hasn't been on the payroll long enough to accrue much PTO.
I'm grateful that his company even has a paternity leave policy. However, I am slightly annoyed because it was a complete mess getting him hired as a regular employee (he was a consultant there for over a year prior to that). If they had hired him on when they first *said* they were going to, PTO and paternity leave wouldn't be an issue.
My husband gets 10 days off (paid) that he can use at any approved time in the baby's first year of life. We're hoping that baby comes when his command is on Christmas stand-down so we will be able to use that paternity leave later on to go home and visit family with the baby. We'll see when the baby decides to arrive!!
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No paternity leave at DH's job or my company. My company also does not offer any sort of maternity leave- just STD and FMLA, which I think is pretty typical.
DH is planning to take 8-12 weeks unpaid after I go back to work, assuming his boss is okay with it (his employer isn't subject to FMLA requirements.)
He can take up to 2 weeks non-paid and use any paid time off that he has. He'll be using all of his PTO and has been working some overtime prior to babies arrivals so that he's still hitting his policy quotas ect if he decides to take a few non-paid days.