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Paternity leave for teachers?

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bunnyonthemantle · 18/09/2020 21:23

Dh is a teacher. His boss has sent him this about paternity leave. Does he only get statutory pay? I was always under the impression the first week was full pay? Am I reading this wrong?

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dementedpixie · 18/09/2020 21:25

Do you mean the first week at full pay for teachers or for everyone? That info seems to say SPP only

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bunnyonthemantle · 18/09/2020 21:27

Yes. Dh is adamant in the past that they've always paid people full pay for the first week of the leave.

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dementedpixie · 18/09/2020 21:28

That info is also out of date as SPP is £151.20, or 90% of your average weekly earnings (whichever is lower).

dementedpixie · 18/09/2020 21:30

Why have they sent info from 2013?

RaspberryHartleys · 18/09/2020 21:32

My understanding is that enhanced paternity pay is at the discretion of the employer. Some provide full pay for a specific time (e.g one or two weeks) and some don't. If his doesnt then its statutory paternity pay only

myworkingtitle · 18/09/2020 21:35

I don’t think anyone can comment as it varies by employer, so it’s possible his employer offers or has offered enhanced payout but also possible they don’t?

Thelongdarkteatime · 18/09/2020 21:36

My dh teaches and had his paternity leave in May this year. He was paid statutory only (has been with employed for 6 years).

ThanksItHasPockets · 18/09/2020 21:39

Are you in England? STPC in England is statutory only. I believe Scottish schools do one week at full pay, one week of paternity.

Shared parental leave would enhance his pay for that week but you would have to give up a week of your maternity.

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bunnyonthemantle · 18/09/2020 21:42

@Thelongdarkteatime that's really not good. We won't be able to afford for him to be off if it's only statutory

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dementedpixie · 18/09/2020 21:44

Dh took annual leave rather than paternity leave for this reason

ThanksItHasPockets · 18/09/2020 21:45

Teachers can’t take annual leave in term time.

bluemoon2468 · 18/09/2020 22:10

There's no right to full pay for paternity leave - a lot of companies offer 2 weeks full pay but it's at their own discretion.

Littlelot · 18/09/2020 22:51

My Dh is a teacher and the guidelines for paternity leave it up to the discretion of the school. So the school can choose to pay the minimum which is statutory or they can offer something better. We’re lucky in that DH has been told that he will be on full pay for the 2 weeks but for a few weeks we were worried about how we wouldn’t be able to afford it if it was statutory.

moonriver32 · 19/09/2020 05:52

My DH is a teacher too (secondary) and has been told his 2 weeks paternity will be at full pay. I did query this as we'll be up sh*t creek without a paddle if they're wrong - but he's got it in writing in an email from HR. So I would say it very much differs between schools.

Cobbsgirl92 · 19/09/2020 07:59

Most places will only pay statutory now, it’s a small amount of money but the benefit of knowing in advance is that you can try to plan before hand.
My OH has been doing over time and we’ve been putting some away ready to ‘top up’ the small amount of statutory maternity pay.
If overtime isn’t an option then taking a small amount of money out each month up until the babies due will help out.
It’s not ideal but we keep reminding ourselves that the two weeks with a newborn are more important and time you can never get back , compared With worrying over money. You can always earn more!

EmilySpinach · 19/09/2020 08:05

Shared parental leave. Honestly.

Hardbackwriter · 19/09/2020 08:08

Has the school academised while he's been working there? That often seems to bring a sudden downturn in conditions...

ThanksItHasPockets · 19/09/2020 08:09

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Has the school academised while he's been working there? That often seems to bring a sudden downturn in conditions...

No, the pic that OP has posted refers to notifying the Council. It will be a maintained school. FWIW every academy I’ve worked in or with at least matches Burgundy Book and some are more generous.

ThanksItHasPockets · 19/09/2020 08:10

Also if academy conversion had happened during his employment his original pay and conditions would have been TUPE-ed over.

lorisparkle · 19/09/2020 08:22

My DH would have got statutory pay so he never took paternity leave. Ds1 was due at the end of the summer term so whilst he was not home for the first few weeks he was then around for the following six weeks. Ds2 was due at the beginning of the Easter holidays but was then two weeks late! Ds3 again was due at the end of the summer term.

I was lucky that for ds1 my DM came to stay and with ds2 and 3 we had moved closer to DM so she was around as much as we needed her (still is!!!)

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bunnyonthemantle · 19/09/2020 08:41

@EmilySpinach I'm only entitled to statutory as I've not worked since April. Shared leave isn't possible sadly

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bunnyonthemantle · 19/09/2020 08:42

@Hardbackwriter not an academy but there has been a lot of cut backs and changes to absence policies etc

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