Husband in new job, will he not be able to attend the birth or have any paternity leave?

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So my husband has only recently started a new job, he won't have been employed by them for long enough to be entitled to paternity leave, does this mean he won't be given time off to attend the birth? I have a c section planned and a 15 month old so I will need help after as I won't be able to lift my older baby and I will need him to watch our older baby while I'm in hospital. Is this right, does anyone have any experience of this?

Shouldn't he be allowed unpaid parental leave?

Thank you for the replies.
Unfortunately he can't do his job from home, we didn't know I was pregnant when he applied for the job so he couldn't mention it and agree to something then and we don't qualify for parental leave as he hasn't been there a year

I've spoken to my mother who has said she could move in for a couple of weeks as a last resort so we may just have to do that, luckily we have her as an option!

Another option is a post-natal doula. It would mean not having to have anyone moving in with you (if that's an issue.) Often training doulas are much much cheaper. They can be an extra pair of hands each day and properly support you. I would recommend this to anyone...

I would leave it until he's been there at least 3 months and discuss it with the employer.

This happened to my husband and they gave him 1 week paid and 1 unpaid which was very fair.

@JackieCollinshasnoauthority I was thinking wait till he's been there 3 months and passed his probation but don't know whether they will be more annoyed then that we haven't given more notice, really hard to know what's best

I think the best is to say now that he has recently found out that tou are pregnant and can they please explain what he is entitled to so that he can attend the birth and what the options are for time off immediately after. The earlier you mention or the easier it will be to work around for them.

Any workplace that isn’t completely awful will grant the day of the birth as unpaid leave. My husband isn’t getting any paternity leave either because his job is new, but he’s been allowed to attend scans etc (he’s been able to make up time)

Did he state at his interview that he would be requiring time off from x-y date due to the birth? Annual leave can be turned down- he needs to get the request in early, otherwise he could be denied if others have already been granted leave at the same time.

Yes we will get the request in ASAP, we didn't know I was pregnant when he attended the interview, of course if we had it would've been better to mention it then

Depends on employer, brother started his new job on a Monday and had booked the Friday off in the same week as his youngest son was being born.

The v large company obv decided that it was worth it and youngest is mid teens now and he is still in the same role.

Brother stated at interview that he needed that Friday off, as for his partner with newborn and another 3 under 10, as a family we stepped up to support but I know that isn't always possible and especially in covid times.