Paternity Leave in a new job

mrdaiquir · 15 January 2015 at 8:22PM

Hello everyone,

I have a job interview next Wednesday, obviously at this stage I may not take the job/be offered the job but something is worrying my wife and I.

We're due our second baby at the end of March. Assuming that I get/want the job, what do you think is the best way to go about paternity leave? Is it possible to take paternity leave as you leave a job as I won't be entitled to it in my new job.

I'm pretty sure that, once I've given notice, the jobs will sandwich the baby's due date.

TELLIT01 · 15 January 2015 at 9:08PM

You won't be entitled to paternity pay from your new employer. You have to be working for them for a minimum of 6 months. You have 2 options with the new job (1) mention it at interview (2) Don't mention it until you start the job. Option 1 might cost you the job whilst option 2 will probably not go down well with the new employer.

dawyldthing · 17 January 2015 at 12:35AM

Could you put it down as holiday as I think if you have a holiday booked with your current work then they are more likely to agree to the holiday. So although you won't get paternity pay you'll still get time off

Mrs_Soup · 17 January 2015 at 8:02AM

My husband took paternity leave on full pay (as was his company policy) as the last two weeks of his old employment then moved to a new job. He delayed the start date by two weeks as his months notice would have coincided exactly with the baby's arrival.