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Am I and/or my partner entitled to parental leave?
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Both mothers and fathers of young children have the right to take unpaid leave to look after them. You must have at least one year’s service.
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- Parental leave 13 weeks unpaid
- You can take four weeks a year, up to a total of 13 weeks per child (18 weeks for parents of disabled children).
- Parents of children born on or after 15 December 1999 can take the leave up until the child's fifth birthday.
- Parents of children born between 15 December 1994 and 14 December 1999 can take the leave up to 31 March 2005.
- In adoption cases, where the date of placement is on or after 15 December 1999, for five years after the child is first placed with the family for adoption (or until the child's 18th birthday, if that comes sooner).
- Adoptive parents of children placed for adoption between 15 December 1994 and 14 December 1999 can take the leave up until 31 March 2005.
- In the case of a child with a disability, up until the child's 18th birthday.
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