Does your DH's job offer paternity leave?

ohiobride8/13 · December 2008

I was just wondering how rare this was and how many are lucky to have it. tia.

Jessimurph · December 2008

We both get 12 weeks of unpaid paternity leave.

MrsHeidiR · December 2008

My DH gets 5 weeks paid paternity leave.

Miss.Modular · December 2008

2 weeeks. wowzo at 12!!

leslienpete · December 2008

Nope! But, he could take FMLA if he wanted to. Luckily he has lots of vacation time and he will be able to work from home for a week as well.

LittleEgypt · December 2008

DH's company gives him a token 1 week paid, but he is taking FMLA as well and applying his vacation time to it. I wish he worked at my company - he'd get 4 weeks paid!

can_can · December 2008

Nope. He saved two weeks vacation time to take off for baby.

BriMilla · December 2008

DH gets two weeks paid paternity leave!

LittleEgypt · December 2008

Miss.Modular:
2 weeeks. wowzo at 12!!

The pp said unpaid, though, which is just standard FMLA.

TexasLadyBug · December 2008

Dh gets two weeks paid and he has four weeks of vacation that he can use we we want.?

TimingisEverything · December 2008

No.

Sunny1inTucson · December 2008

No. But he does have plenty of vacation time saved up, so we are set. Plus his company is closed anyway between Christmas and New Year's.

He could always take unpaid FMLA if needed, but we aren't planning on it for him.

August112007 · December 2008

Yep we have it he can take up to 8 months off.

Donniesgrrl · December 2008

My H actually has more leave than me. He gets 8 weeks if he chooses, and 6 of those are paid. He is taking them when I go back to work so we won't have to put her in daycare right away.

Kris&Amy · December 2008

Mine doesn't, but he can take FMLA.

Natster09 · December 2008

The company my husband works for has a "paternity leave policy" but it's really nothing more than FMLA for the most part. He's allowed up to 12 weeks off, unpaid, but also has to pay the insurance premium for the time he takes off. Sucks working for a small company.

mrskeller825 · December 2008

Yup.

We're due Jan 8th. His company closes from Dec 24-Jan 5. At that point, if she's not here yet, they're letting him work from home until she arrives. Once she does, he's taking the 6 weeks Paid Family Leave Act, which is just slightly less than his paycheck. He's almost taking as much time off as me!

ellelepa · December 2008

With this economy, can't take paternity leave. Companies are looking for any reason to lay people off.

HarrietNJMommy · December 2008

DH gets 5 days paid paternity leave.

pittbride06 · December 2008

Nope, DH saved up 2 weeks of his 4 week vacation time.

ab&jim · December 2008

Mine gets 2 weeks paid and his office is closed from 12/24-1/5, so he could have as much as 3.5 to 4 weeks off. It just depends on when I go.

mm&cc · December 2008

Yes! MH gets 6 weeks full pay and 6 weeks partial pay.

jostrav · December 2008

Yep, a week paid. Which is a week more than I get paid for.

hbach83 · December 2008

Yes, but I don't know how much.

YouAreMyILoveYou · December 2008

He can take time off -- paid if he uses his sick/vacation time, un-paid if he wants more than that.

I wouldn't call it paternity leave -- it's not seperate from the leave he earned.

He will be taking one paid week after the baby is born and two paid weeks when I have to go back to work.

Justinlove · December 2008

We are really lucky. MH gets 5 weeks of paid paternity leave and then could use his 5 weeks of PTO in addition if he chose to so he could technically get paid for 10 out of 12 weeks of FMLA. However, that much time away from work is NEVER going to happen with the nature of MH's job. I am looking forward to the 5 weeks of paternity