Air Force Paternity Leave

haswelljme · January 2012

I know paternity leave is not guaranteed, but they can give you up to 12 days. Does anyone know if it is chargeable or non-chargeable? I thought it wasn't, but my husband's supervisor told him it was. Thanks!

The_Spanish_Inquisition · January 2012

It's 10 days, non-chargeable.

Emilia0101 · January 2012

The_Spanish_Inquisition:
It's 10 days, non-chargeable.

This

LemonLover33 · January 2012

10 days non-chargeable. Must use within one year. Now, depending on the command/sup it may or may not include weekends. Some count weekends in those 10 days and some do not.

F15Wife · January 2012

Yup, yup and yup

RelativeChaos00 · January 2012

https://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090323-028.pdf

Here's a link to the official memorandum.

MrsOjoButtons · January 2012

RelativeChaos00:

https://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-090323-028.pdf

Here's a link to the official memorandum.

That is addressed to reservists. While the guidance may be the same, an active duty office looking for a reliable source will not use that.

AFI 36-3003. Table 7, Rule 48. (Table 7 is for permissive TDY, which is not chargable leave.) Paternity Leave: Unit commanders may approve up to 10 days.

(1) Authorized for married members of
the Air Force on active duty whose wife
gives birth to a child. (2) Must be taken
over consecutive days and no later than
one year following the birth (for
extensions to this period submit requests
for review and approval to wing
commander or equivalent). (3) May be
used in conjunction with ordinary leave.

Some commanders are really lenient and throw in the weekends without charging the Airman, but that's not how the AFI is worded because it says the days must be consecutive.

You and your husband were/are both active duty. Neither of you thought to check the AFI?

RelativeChaos00 · February 2012

Ugh, I looked specifically for active duty, it pulled "Active Reserve." -.- My apologies!

meganroselee · February 2012

LemonLover33:
10 days non-chargeable. Must use within one year. Now, depending on the command/sup it may or may not include weekends. Some count weekends in those 10 days and some do not.

this is definitely the most important question to ask. For adoption, I got a certain amount of maternity leave that sounded great but they counted weekends so it ended up being 3wks only.

TomHope2011 · February 2012

Did your base clinic hand out the AF's pregnancy book? There is an entire page in there about active duty paternity leave.

jensahokie · February 2012

At DH's last command, they made him take the days consecutively. Stinks.

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