The Expectant Father: The Ultimate Guide for Dads-to-Be: 12 (The New Father, 1)

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For instance, it's common for expectant fathers to become deeply worried about the family's finances, especially if their wives have been working and will be taking time off. "A lot of guys take on extra jobs or work overtime when their wives become pregnant," says Brott. "It's almost instinctual, and driven by a fear of the unknown as much as anything else."

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For simplicity, this guide uses the term ‘partner’ only but it applies in the same way to separated fathers who share the main responsibility for raising the child. All employees have this right from day one. Agency workers qualify for this right if they have been in the same role for the same hirer for 12 weeks or more.If you are expecting a child on or after 5 April 2015 you may be able to use Shared Parental Leave (SPL) to take more time off work in the first year to care for your child if your partner agrees to bring her maternity leave and pay to an early end. The maximum amount of leave that you could take is 50 weeks because your partner’s entitlement to maternity leave is 52 weeks and two of those weeks are compulsory so cannot be converted into SPL. The maximum amount of pay you could claim is 37 weeks (39 weeks’ Statutory Maternity Pay or Maternity Allowance minus the two compulsory weeks of maternity leave). ShPP is paid at the same flat rate (or 90 per cent of your normal earnings if that is lower) as statutory paternity pay.

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All your terms and conditions (e.g. accrual of holidays, pension contributions, access to company car) continue as if you had not taken leave, except your right to receive your normal pay (you will receive paternity pay instead). Return to work to deal with an unexpected breakdown in childcare • to deal with an unexpected incident at school that involves your child. Your employer can’t make you work during a period of SPL but you might find it beneficial to use SPLIT days, for example, to attend a training day or generally keep in touch. What I didn’t like about this book is it trips over itself to be inclusive to dads of all types. So, it has helpful

Time off to attend ante-natal appointments

The most helpful parts of this book are descriptions of what is going on with the mother both physically and mentally, as well as what most fathers can expect to feel like at specific parts of the pregnancy. It also has some helpful information on what the father’s role should be. Not surprisingly, it’s not pissing off the mother, and not breaking the baby. Hardly, but Brott observes that traditional social forces can push men away from embracing their roles as fathers. Many men wind up excluding themselves, however unintentionally. Staying Connected The right is to a reasonable amount of time off to deal with the immediate crisis; for example, to put alternative childcare arrangements in place if your usual nursery or childminder can’t look after your child.