Parental leave query

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Samantha

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My daughter is scheduled for an operation, I have applied for parental leave giving the 6 weeks notice in order to spend 4 weeks with her, (2 weeks scheduled in hospital and two weeks with her at home) my boss has no problem to grant me unpaid leave but told me that I cannot avail parental leave as she is going to be 8 years old on 01/05 and in order to qualify for parental leave, you need to take the full 14 weeks, I have never apply to it until now. I thought it was up to 14 weeks you could take so therefore there is a maximun of 14 weeks but no minimun really as long as your employer agrees
Is it true that once your start parental leave you have to take the 14 week? i have tried the equity authority phone number but no answer, I have sent an email but no reply - would someone know the answer of this question ? Thanks
 
She's wrong.
From here;
"The 14 weeks per child may be taken in one continuous period or in 2 separate blocks of a minimum of 6 weeks. There must be a gap of at least 10 weeks between the 2 periods of parental leave per child. However, if your employer agrees you can separate your leave into periods of days or even hours."
 
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It really depends on your employer as to how you can take Parental Leave. For example, in many areas of the public service, you can take PL as small as a half a day at a time.
 
The problem is I cannot take 14 weeks as my daughter will be 8 in the middle of it so they told me therefore I cannot available parental leave. Between the 6 weeks notice necessary to avail parental leave and her birthday, there is only 10 weeks. I find it a bit harsh especially when there is no problem to grant me unpaid leave for 4 weeks
 
Samantha said:
The problem is I cannot take 14 weeks as my daughter will be 8 in the middle of it so they told me therefore I cannot available parental leave. Between the 6 weeks notice necessary to avail parental leave and her birthday, there is only 10 weeks. I find it a bit harsh especially when there is no problem to grant me unpaid leave for 4 weeks
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But there is no obligation to take 14 weeks.

Your employer is wrong to insist that you have to take 14 weeks parental leave
 
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