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The Adoption of a Child

Placement of a child with you for adoption or foster care, within the 12-month period following the placement

You can take up to eight weeks of parental/child bonding leave.

The Birth Of Your Child

For the birth of your child or to care for your child within the first 12 months following birth:

Birth mothers can take up to eight weeks for maternity leave and up to another eight weeks for parental leave/child bonding.
Fathers and partners can take up to eight weeks of parental/child bonding leave.

Birth Mother

Father or Partner