To ask if anybody knows...

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John Lewis's adoption leave policy.

I would imagine John Lewis knows.

I would imagine John Lewis knows

In my workplace, adoption leave is the same benefits/structure as maternity leave.

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They will have a written policy in place and normally it would be available to all staff. If you're an employee, check the staff handbook and/or ask HR. If you're thinking of applying for a job, ask in advance.

Everywhere I've worked, adoption leave has been the same as maternity leave, but I think they have a distinction between 'primary adopter' (ie 'mum' role) vs someone who gets the equivalent of paternity leave.
I don't think a mixed gender couple adopting could both take the equivalent of maternity leave - certainly the 2 men I worked with who adopted both took two weeks off rather than a year

Ah yes, at my workplace with adoption, you have to be regarded as the primary carer to take advantage of maternity benefit. I really don't know what would happen if a male declared himself to be the primary carer in an adoption..

So this begs a lots questions....

1. There is no physical reason why a male primary carer shouldn't qualify for full leave, as would be given to a female primary carer in this circumstance.
2. If two males adopt, one of them must surely be able to secure the equivalent of their workplace maternity package. If not, that's a gender discrimination issue?
3. If both parents work in different places, what's to stop them both saying they are the primary carer?
4. With adoption, I understand it is usual for one parent to commit to time off work. With hetero couples, do adoption agencies favour the mother for this?