Unpaid leave

naf123

Can one ask for a week's paternal /maternal leave and use that for a holiday ? 

naf123

I'm thinking along the lines of this https://www.gov.uk/parental-leave

ToxicWomble

In theory as long as you are happy lying to your employer then I guess it’s ok.

Also consider what you would do if you had a real emergency that required you to take some time off - it would possibly be refused

Why not just use annual leave

CocoM2020

Why lie? If you get caught out you could get disciplined.

TELLIT01

Surely if the OP is entitled to maternity/paternity leave it is up to them if they want to go on holiday during that period of leave.  I don't understand the problem but maybe I'm missing something.

CocoM2020

I thought they were asking about parental leave which is unpaid but can be refused? 

naf123

Not enough annual leave for my needs and with international family I do feel it's worthwhile having unpaid leave for visiting family /grandparents....

CocoM2020

All you can do is ask -be honest and see what they say.

comeandgo

naf123 said:

Not enough annual leave for my needs and with international family I do feel it's worthwhile having unpaid leave for visiting family /grandparents....

 Can you just be honest and ask for the time off unpaid?  Your employer may be happy for you to go away for a while.

General_Grant

naf123 said:

Can one ask for a week's paternal /maternal leave and use that for a holiday ? 

Your second post was about parental leave (there's a difference between that and paternity/maternity leave).

If you have the child with you when on holiday, that seems to be in order.

74jax

naf123 said:

Not enough annual leave for my needs and with international family I do feel it's worthwhile having unpaid leave for visiting family /grandparents....

Do you mean parental leave or paternity leave?