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If you're in CA, do neither of you pay into the state SDI? If so, each of you can apply for 6 weeks paid "bonding" leave that can be taken at any point in the first year of the baby's life.
My husband and I are both in CA, and we both pay into CA SDI. So I took my 3 months paid leave (6 weeks STD and 6 weeks PFL). My husband took 2 weeks PFL right away, and then took the remaining 4 weeks in December. We were both really glad he got to take time off with Addie. :) It will be a wonderful experience for your husband, I'm sure!
@skibobrown: My husband is willing to, but he is not able. :( His job doesn't offer it. He has to use vacation and sick days. I wish they did offer it because he could stay home after our parents left and then I would be out for the summer when he needed to go back to work.
@Mrs. Spring: What is SDI? I'm pretty sure I don't pay into it. (My job doesn't even make me eligible to pay into social security or medicare, and I have to file my taxes quarterly directly to the state and the feds.) It's possible that my husband does though. Sorry for my ignorance about Cali. We haven't lived here for too long.
@skibobrown: It's the State Disability Insurance. If you pay taxes to the EDD quarterly, you're paying into the state sytem. Most CA employers use the state system unless they have their own private short term disability coverage, so your husband should check with his HR department. If it's a very big company, they might have private short term disability; otherwise, he may very well be covered, too.
Thanks @Mrs. Spring:! I looked at one of my husband's paystubs, and he does pay into it! I don't seem to unfortunately. I have private disability insurance through my work, which is funny, since I work at the UC, so you'd think I would be part of the state plan. But my private coverage isn't too bad either, so I guess I shouldn't complain.
DH didn't have paternity leave, but he had a lot of annual leave built up. He ended up taking 3 weeks right after the baby was born (which was heaven... it was great for our relationship with each other, for my sanity, for our joint bonding with baby...), and then he took off another week to watch the baby by himself when I first went back to work.
It worked out well for us- glad you have this option!
My husband has all of his days (sick, vacation, holidays, etc.) in one bank, and he has quite a few weeks in there so he'll be able to take some time off. I'm not working, so luckily I don't have to worry about it. His plan is to take a week off, and then work from home until we're comfortable having him back at work.
DH has paternity leave-- 2 wks paid. He's planning to take that time off to spend with me & baby, and then since he has tons of vacation time saved up, he'll use some of that after I return to work after maternity leave. (Delaying start of our child care plans by only 2 or 3 weeks, but at least that's something.) I think your plan sounds reasonable, but keep in mind that you'll probably want him at home for at least a week or 2 after the baby is born to bond + have his help if you need it-- especially if you won't have a mom or MIL visiting during that time to help.
Fun fact: NYTimes had an article on working parents last Friday. The article said only 7% of US workplaces offer paid paternity leave. I didn't know how rare it was until I read that. Definitely counting my lucky stars that DH has this at his work place.
My DH has 5 days with his company. Not that we are pregnant, but I thought it was cool to find that out.
@Mrs. Spring: That is good to know. We are in CA
@red_seattle: Yes, I definitely think we'll use some regular PTO along with the paternity leave -- maybe a week or 2 for him to stay home with me when the baby comes, and then he can use the full month once I have to return to work.
He's technically self employed so our plan is for him to take maybe 2 days or so off right when we get home to help me and then he'll go back to work and maybe leave early for awhile. He's got clients to deal with and he works in the financial industry so taking a huge chunk of time off is not fesibile.
My DH will get 1 or 2 weeks paternity leave. I like the idea of staggering, but I want help as well, plus I'd like him to be home those first few days. I guess we'll see when the time comes - maybe my mom will come stay the first week and then he'll take off the second week. I get 4 weeks only, so the baby's going to have a nanny/be in day care pretty early anyway.
My husband gets 10 weeks paid, and then he could take some more but would only be paid by employment insurance and it's about 55% of his salary...
I get a full year, but the paternity leave will be taken off of my year, so DH will take about 6 to 8 weeks of paternity and combine it with vacation, so that we can avoid daycare before our LO is 10 months.
Wow we get it good in Canada..
We get a year in Canada to split up any way you feel is suitable, except the person who gives birth has to take a certain amount right away for recovery. My work tops up to 90% of my salary, and DH's tops up to 93%.
luckily, my husband works for a company that is owned and run by life partners that adopted a baby. as soon as they were back to work they decided to change company policy to give all employees-male or female-6 weeks of paid leave for birth, adoption, or placement of any child under 18 years of age. This was SO wonderful because when each of our adopted children were placed with us they immediately got daddy time to bond :)
My husband is allowed to cash out all of his sick days and vacation for paid Paternity leave. We haven't really figured out what we want to do with it yet, so we'll see. = )
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We're hoping to get pregnant sometime in the near future, so we've been looking into our parental leave policies at work recently. I have no official paid maternity leave of course. Boo academia. But I can take a combination of short term disability and paid time off so that I'm able to stay home for at least 3 months with a newborn. However, I was quite surprised and happy to learn that DH gets paternity leave through his work. He can only take 1 month off, so it's not as generous as his company's maternity leave policy. Still I love the idea that he will be able to spend some quality time with our future child during those early months. Our thinking right now is that we will stagger our leave so that the baby will get to spend as much time as possible at home with one of us before we have to start daycare. I'll probably take all of my leave first and then after 3 months I'll go back to work and DH will go on paternity leave. Does anyone else have a husband who will be taking paternity leave? Does this sound like a reasonable plan?