Section 21Part 3 — LEAVE
Paternity leave: childbirth
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A male employee who is the biological father of a child and who at the expected date of delivery will have been employed by the same employer for at least twenty-four months or who last went on paternity leave on account of a birth that took place at least twenty-four months before that date and while working with the same employer may request, and the employer may grant, two weeks' paternity leave.
Where the male employee has not completed the relevant period of twenty-four months referred to in subsection (1), but has served for at least six months, he may still request and the employer may grant paternity leave but, if granted by the employer, that leave and pay shall be calculated on a pro-rata basis in relation to the period of leave stated in subsection (1).
An employee who is granted paternity leave is entitled to receive and the employer shall pay —
for the first five working days, the basic pay;
for the next five working days, no pay,
and in calculating the leave days, public holidays shall be counted as working days.
A male employee may request to take paternity leave in such a way that it covers periods before and after actual childbirth and the employer may grant such request.