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Parental Leave Annual Leave Question

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  • 26-06-2018 1:11pm
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    Psygnosis
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    Hi,

    So I'm taking Parental Leave very shortly. I'm taking 1/2 days for 5 days of the week. So essentially working a 1/2 week. This is more or less for 2 years. We have 3 kids under 6. The eldest is on ASD spectrum.
    I have an annual allocation of 25 days annual leave a year.
    When my Parental Leave kicks in, when I apply for annual leave am I basically only taking 4 hours out of my annual leave as I'm working half days. So essentially will I get double the annual leave allocation.


    Any direction on this would be greatly appreciated.


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    mordeith
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    Psygnosis wrote: »
    Hi,

    So I'm taking Parental Leave very shortly. I'm taking 1/2 days for 5 days of the week. So essentially working a 1/2 week. This is more or less for 2 years. We have 3 kids under 6. The eldest is on ASD spectrum.
    I have an annual allocation of 25 days annual leave a year.
    When my Parental Leave kicks in, when I apply for annual leave am I basically only taking 4 hours out of my annual leave as I'm working half days. So essentially will I get double the annual leave allocation.


    Any direction on this would be greatly appreciated.

    Depends on your organization I would say. Technically because you are now only working half your usual hours your annual leave would be reduced accordingly.


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    ELM327
    Registered Users Posts: 21,990 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    During parental leave your entitlement to Paid Time Off continues to accrue.
    Same as during maternity leave


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    Cakerbaker
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    Parental leave does not reduce annual leave so as far as I see it you should only have to take a half day annual leave for each day you wish to take off. I work a 4 day week using parental leave and my annual leave is unaffected meaning I only need 4 days leave for a full week off. The citizens information website has some useful information on this.


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    jlm29
    Registered Users Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭jlm29


    You still get annual leave when you’re on parental leave, so if you want a day off now, you only use half the holiday hours. That said, I usually don’t take parental leave when I’m on hols, so my parental leave will stretch a bit further.


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    Psygnosis
    Registered Users Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Psygnosis


    Ok thanks for all the answers.
    Its the first time I'd say the company I work for has done anything with parental leave over 1/2 days. I'll wait till I'm actually starting the parental leave before applying for any holidays off.


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    granturismo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭granturismo


    Psygnosis wrote: »
    Hi,

    ...
    When my Parental Leave kicks in, when I apply for annual leave am I basically only taking 4 hours out of my annual leave as I'm working half days. So essentially will I get double the annual leave allocation.

    ...

    No, if your contract stipulates 20 days annual leave, you still get 20 days annual leave.

    Thats 20 calendar days, not 20 days worth of working hours so your not entitled to 40 calendar days. Some also mistakenly, think its the opposite - 10 calendar days


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    mordeith
    Registered Users Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    Psygnosis wrote: »
    Ok thanks for all the answers.
    Its the first time I'd say the company I work for has done anything with parental leave over 1/2 days. I'll wait till I'm actually starting the parental leave before applying for any holidays off.

    Shouldn't you just get clarification from the company now?


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