paternity leave
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3.2
- noun
- /pəˈtɜrnɪti liːv/
:
permiso de paternidad
- When a male associate sued his former law firm in December alleging a "macho" culture and claiming the firm retaliated against him for taking paternity leave, Joan C. Williams wasn't surprised.
- maternity and paternity leave
- paid paternity leave
- take paternity leave
Everybody has access to maternity leave so that moms and also paternity leave dads can stay home with their kids for several months.
- Everybody has access to maternity leave so that moms and also paternity leave dads can stay home with their kids for several months.
- He is entitled to that two weeks statutory paternity leave, but his company is actually offering him six weeks full pay.
- So after all this, I take paternity leave for a month and this is my Newport daughter.
- Universal childcare, like five years, maternity leave and paternity leave.
Examples
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Okay, inspector, you know there's such a thing as paternity leave, right?
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He is entitled to that two weeks statutory paternity leave, but his company is actually offering him six weeks full pay.
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Tom was on paternity leave.
Blog text (32) -
When my son was born, I took 15 months off my practice, while most of my male colleagues only took two weeks of paternity leave.
Blog text (4) -
Everybody has access to maternity leave so that moms and also paternity leave dads can stay home with their kids for several months.
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At the moment, new mothers can take a maximum of 52 weeks of leave after the birth of their child, while fathers are entitled to two weeks of statutory paternity leave of their own.
Blog text (21) -
I left Ubisoft in March this year, ostensibly on six-month paternity leave to help my wife look after our twin babies.
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The new law stipulates that full-time employees are entitled to take off 12 weeks a year, without pay, for family medical emergencies or maternity or paternity leave.
Academic text (1995) -
After the birth of their child, Mark decided to take paternity leave to support his partner and bond with the baby.
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Many new fathers are now taking paternity leave to spend more time with their families during such an important period.
Synonyms
443
3.8
Official permission to be absent from work or duty
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3.9
A period when someone is officially allowed to be away from work or school
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2.7
Time away from work to care for family members after a birth, adoption, or when they are ill
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3.4
Time off work to care for a new child after birth or adoption
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'paternity' (fatherhood/relationship of a father to his child) plus 'leave' (authorized absence): together they straightforwardly denote authorized time off for a father. This noun+noun composition is a common, cross-linguistically transparent pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Paternity leave comes from copying maternity leave, where paternity means 'father' and leave means 'time off'. It paints the picture of a father taking time away from work when a baby arrives, so the phrase means 'a period of time that a father is allowed to be away from work after the birth or adoption of his child'.