Section 22Part 3 — LEAVE
Paternity leave: adoption
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A male employee who has worked for the same employer for twenty-four months without taking paternity leave or who last took paternity leave (whether on account of adoption or the giving of birth by a female partner) at least twenty-four months previously while working with the same employer and adopts a child may request, and the employer may grant, paid adoption leave of one calendar week.
For the purposes of subsection (1), a male employee adopts a child when he assumes the care of the child with a view to adoption by him or by him and his partner jointly.
Where a male employee has not completed the twenty-four month period of employment referred to in subsection (1), but has served for at least six months, he may still apply and the employer may grant adoption leave but that leave and pay shall be calculated on a pro-rata basis in relation to the period of one week therein referred to.
A male employee may request that adoption leave be granted in such a way that it covers periods before and after he assumes care of the child.