Should DH wait to tell work about my pregnancy?

[GreenMeeple]

DH just started a new job and is still on his 3 month probation. We just came back from my 12 week scan and are now ready to tell people about the pregnancy.

He was wondering if he should inform his work or wait until he finishes his probation period. The plan is for him to take his two week paternity leave when the baby is born and hopefully followed by an extra week of annual leave.

Any ideas what the smart thing is? Are there any potential downsides to tell them now?

Why would he tell them so soon? He's not carrying the baby so no risks involved in his work.

It's nothing to do with his work!

I don't think it matters much. Nobody fires a good worker after probation because they're going to be taking a few weeks' paternity leave.

I'd just tell them when he wants the time for your 20 week scan.

I’d wait until after the 20 week scan. Why would he do it now, it’s if no benefit?

Why do you feel you need to tell them?

I would tell them formally about 20-25 weeks as that is within the required notice period and he can provide s copy of your matb1 if required.

In the meantime, he can talk about it conversationally without to much risk.

I’m assuming you have checked the paternity policy at his workplace and you have looked at the dates closely?

Given the national rule is: You can take paternity leave if you have been employed by the same employer for 26 weeks by the 15th week before the baby is due

You may be cutting it fine... if all is good he will need to tell them based on the workplace policy.

As a pp poster said, he may not be entitled to paternity leave depending on when he started and when you concieved. I think but please check that basically if you were pregnant (taken from week 0 so LMP) when he started, he won't be entitled to it.
This happened to my dh.
He told them quite early about the pregnancy, brought in scan pics, made the office fall in love with him and get excited about the baby. So then when it came to it there was no way they weren't going to give him paternity leave!
He ended up with a month paid leave.
So I'd reccomend checking dates, and him telling them early and getting the mother hens in the office excited about it.

Surely they don't care that much about him taking 2 week's paternity leave and then using 1 week of his annual leave?

I really wouldn't worry about this at all.

Yes, make sure he double checks the paternity policy as he may not be eligible, so would need to negotiate his time off.

Congratulations!

If you're 12 weeks' pregnant and he's still in a 3 month probation period, he probably won't be entitled to paid paternity leave.

In any case, there's no need to formally tell the employer until about 25 weeks (it may be different for women who are pregnant (depending on your job) as your employer might need to make changes to your tasks / carry out risk assessments to keep you and the baby safe).