Paternity Leave

R n b on 04/11/2016 - 21:51
Last edited 05/11/2016 - 09:33 by 1 other user

Hi, I work for one of the nursing homes in Adelaide. My wife and I had a baby in last August.Both of us work in different nursing home. My wife gonna finish her maternity leave in February at her work. Now I'm planning to have paternity leave at my work, after she return at her work. I will be primary carer at that time. My questions are:

1. Am I still eligible for paternity leave when my baby is 6 months old?

2. How they count leave hours as they said in leave form "they count average hours of last year" ?
   I work as part time permanent having 50 hours fortnightly permanent, but I pick up extra shift every fortnight to make 76 hours.
   I'm sure that I have worked more than 70+ hours fortnightly last year.
   Do they count average hours of permanent shift (50hrs) or total hrs which is 70+ hrs (permanent + pick up)?

Thnx

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  lupiter on 04/11/2016 - 22:15

  Are you employed on a contract, under an award or under an enterprise agreement (ie union deal)?

  If you are, then check those first, as they may be specific to your role (admin, AiN, maintenance etc) or workplace, and may have extra provisions.

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  R n b on 04/11/2016 - 22:30

  On contract, working as a carer.

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  spackbace on 04/11/2016 - 22:41

  Thought about asking your employers/HR…?

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    Baysew on 05/11/2016 - 09:33

    ..Union.

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  kawinuyo on 04/11/2016 - 22:57

  Are you asking about paternity leave from your work or the government paternity leave? If government this should be able to help you out

  https://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelin…

  It doesn't say anything about the time limit of when to apply but they do have a work test - https://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/enablers/work-test…

  It's only 2 weeks though.

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  R n b on 04/11/2016 - 22:59

  Not from the government, from my work.

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    kawinuyo on 04/11/2016 - 23:12

    +1

    Ahh, then it's probably best to ask HR or your boss. Different companies have different policies.