Maternity & Paternity Leave for same sex couples

Bex0 · 2020-12-03 12:35:24

I'm currently researching statutory entitlements for same sex couples in Ireland in relation to maternity and paternity leaves. Are entitlements same as for traditional couples? How is ''mother'' and ''father'' defined in these circumstances and what entitlements such couples have? Apart from statutory entitlements in…

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Bex0

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I'm currently researching statutory entitlements for same sex couples in Ireland in relation to maternity and paternity leaves. Are entitlements same as for traditional couples? How is ''mother'' and ''father'' defined in these circumstances and what entitlements such couples have?

Apart from statutory entitlements in Ireland, what are nice practices you have seen companies adopting to support same sex couples who are having children?

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There’s a guy in my workplace and as he is the child’s legal guardian he was allowed to take Maternity Leave as would traditionally be for the child’s mother.

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