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Originally Posted by whitev70r
For those who are having kids ... would you (assuming mostly fathers here) take some parental leave and share it with the wifey? Or, let wifey take the whole year?
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You can take time off now without taking away from the wife.
If wife takes 12 months, you can get 6 weeks (1 week waiting + 5 weeks EI)
If wife takes 18 months, you can get 9 weeks (1 week waiting + 8 weeks EI)
I did the 9 weeks with the first one. It was great.
I was originally planning to take 6 weeks for the baby coming in Jan. But I just got laid off so I don't think it'll be great for me to start a new job and be like adios for 6 weeks. That's if I start a new job by the time baby is here.