As of this Thursday, July 1, paternity leave increases to 28 days compared to 14 previously, including 7 compulsory, after the birth of the child. The three days of birth leave remain the responsibility of the employer, the remaining 25 days are compensated by Social Security.
Paternity leave is reduced from 14 to 28 days
The decree relating to the extension and the obligation to take part of the paternity and childcare leave published at the beginning of May comes into force on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Since 2002, the fathers who came from ‘having a child could benefit from three days after the birth and 11 days of paternity leave. From now on, young dads will have to take seven days from the birth of the child and will be able to benefit from extended paternity leave to 25 days.
In addition, fathers have the option of dividing their 25 days into two periods of at least five days each. However, one condition must be met: they must take these days off in the first six months following the birth of the child. Regarding multiple births (twins, triplets …), young fathers have the right to seven additional days to reach 32 days. The aim of extending paternity leave is to allow young dads to create a strong bond with their newborns and to provide support to young mothers. On the government website, we can read as follows: ” This progress is major, it is one more step towards professional equality, social justice, gender equality and the well-being of children. “.
Three days payable by the employer and 25 days compensated by social security
To benefit from this paternity leave, you must be an employee. Like the maternity leave model, the three days of birth leave remain the responsibility of the employer but the remaining 25 days are compensated by social security. Daily allowances are paid according to the father’s salary: from 9.66 euros to the ceiling set by social security at 89.03 euros per day. To obtain them, the employee must absolutely cease all professional activity during the duration of the leave.
The future dad must warn his employer one month before the due date and in the case of a premature birth, he can warn his employer ” without delay To take the leave early. For information and as the service-public.fr site mentions, “ If the mother of the child lives with another employee who is not the father of the child, this person can also benefit from paternity and foster leave. “.
