Mat B1 Paternity Leave

Hello ladies and gents if there are any lurking around out there.

Mat b1 paternity leave. Find out more about the mat b1 form on the government website. My dp dear partner contacted his hr dept to inform them of my pregnancy as i think he needs to tell them by the time i reach week 25. At least 15 weeks before the baby is due tell your employer. When you want your leave to start for example the day of the birth or the week after the birth.

To be very honest dp has never been much use when he s been on paternity leave with other dc. Im so annoyed with him for not organising this it turns out hes known for months that his company ask for the mat b1 to organise paternity leave. I m after some accurate advice on the mat b1 form relating to paternity leave. The expected week of the birth to confirm this you can ask for a medical certificate such as a mat b1 form if they re more than 20 weeks pregnant.

When can i take paternity leave. You can take one week or two weeks in a row but not odd days or two separate weeks. Mat b1 for paternity leave. The mat b1 form is one of those things you don t know you need until you suddenly need it.

The date they want to start maternity leave the earliest it can start is 11 weeks before the due date. They must tell you this information no later than 15 weeks before the due date. A mat b1 form or maternity certificate is a form from the government that gives your employer medical evidence of your pregnancy and when your baby is due. Happypotamus wed 19 nov 14 17 51 06.

He doesn t want me to have a home birth as its not convenient. It is filled in by the pregnant woman s doctor or midwife and issued to her after 20 weeks of pregnancy. He was told he needs to produce my mat b1 form. You should use the due date on the mat b1 maternity certificate which the mother will get when she is about 20 weeks pregnant.

The government s maternity website is not the easiest to navigate so we ve collected together everything you need to know about this form and answered the questions you ve been asking on our forums. Paternity leave must be taken within 56 days of the birth. So im going to end up on my own in hospital. Dh took 4 days off work the week she was born mostly to be with dc1 while i was in hospital but then there was apparently urgent deadlines at work that he was the only person who could do the required work so he has not.

11 posts add message report. A mat b1 form also known as the maternity certificate is a form from the government providing medical evidence of pregnancy and the baby s due date.