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urgent - question re calculation of parental leave

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stressed2007 · 13/04/2007 14:57

Hope someone can help quickly!
My firm is saying that parental leave (that is noted in weeks) runs from a Monday to a Monday. I have spoken to ACAS who say the legislation is not clear but they believe that the week for parental leave is a working week which is 5 days and not necessarily a week from Monday to Friday - for example my firm is saying that if I took today as parental leave and next Monday this would count as 2 weeks and not 1.
Does anyone know if this is correct - I expect it is not but need to know asap so can revert to work.
Thank you.

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bran · 13/04/2007 15:09

Can you ask your HR to forward the section of the legislation from which they are making this claim? Ask them to highlight the particular bits that they are relying on to make their case. It may be that they are speaking through their arses and won't be able to prove their point.

bran · 13/04/2007 15:12

It does say here that it has to be in blocks of full weeks, but it doesn't say anywhere that I can see that a week starts on a Monday.

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stressed2007 · 13/04/2007 15:14

that's what I thought - and that's what Acas suggested was probably the right answer but I wonderd if anyone was 100% sure of the answer.

Thanks

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mears · 13/04/2007 15:34

A week is however many days per week you work where I am.

ie I work 37.5 hrs per week which is 5 days. I work 12 hour shifts so the entitlement is calculated in hours.

I can take single days if I want.

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stressed2007 · 13/04/2007 15:41

I think your employer is more generous then they need to be then. Mine is not but they are saying that if I take today and monday it is 2 weeks (one day from 2 seperate weeks!) and so I wanted to make sure they were wrong before I queried it - never good if you don't know what you are talking about!

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mears · 13/04/2007 17:14

I work in the NHS and 4 weeks of the parental leave entitlement is paid.

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stressed2007 · 13/04/2007 20:40

you get an extra 4 weeks paid? really? sounds wonderful!
My employer is even arguing about giving it letalone paying for it!

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islandofsodor · 14/04/2007 22:59

It depends on when your working week is deemed to be. Where I work now a working starts on a Monday, where I used to work it started on a Sunday.

Is there anyone who is paid weekly, if so, how are they paid?

If a working week is classed as Monday - Friday then yes, it does go over 2 working weeks.

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