Maternity leave/paternity leave help

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Hi, not sure where to post.

I am due to have a baby in 8 weeks. My husband and I are wondering if he can take my MATernity leave at 6 weeks 90% pay instead of me?

The gov website doesn't seem to answer the question.

Thank you in advance

Yes and no. Compulsory you need to take 2 weeks. He’s entitled to 2 other weeks. After that you can go back to work and he can take the leave. If you take it then I believe it’s your salary who will get the 90%.

Might have not explained welll. He’s entitled to paternity leave which is 2 weeks and independent to maternity leave. Maternity is 52 weeks. The first 2 you must have them after that you can share the weeks with your husband as you pleased. You need to inform your company though as not all support shared parental leave.

Im giving up the last 26w of my leave to my husband and I need to inform my company 8 weeks before my plan to come back.

What he’ll be paid depends on his employer, he is entitled to take the leave and have his job kept open but his employer might offer a different pay rate to yours.
Can he not ask his hr department?

It's dependent on his company as to the pay, he needs to discuss it with them and apply for shared parental leave sooner rather than later as it's possible they have a cutoff time same as you would when informing work about maternity leave.