Nadia asks "I would like to apply for parental leave. What am I entitled to?"
Hi Nadia, You are entitled to take up to 26 weeks of parental leave.
You can take this leave as:
- One continuous period of leave or
- 2 separate blocks of a minimum of 6 weeks each
- If your employer consents, broken into working days and/or hours
There must be a gap of at least 10 weeks between the 2 periods of parental leave per child.
You must have been working for your employer for at least a year to get the full amount of parental leave. You must give your employer at least 6 weeks’ notice before taking parental leave.
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