Federal Employee Protections Surrounding the Birth or Adoption of a Child

In this case, the period during which the maternity leave may be taken is extended by the number of weeks the child is in hospital, up to 52 weeks after the date of delivery. [...] Regardless, parental leave may only be taken within the 78-week period following the birth of the child or the day the child comes into the care of the employee. [...] In these situations, the period during which parental leave may be taken is extended by the number of weeks the child is hospitalized, or the employee is on another leave, subject to a maximum of 104 weeks after the birth of the child or the day the child comes into the employee’s care.26 While an employee is currently required to have completed six consecutive months of continuous work with an em [...] For example, under the standard parental benefits option, the parents could decide to allocate 20 weeks of benefits for one parent and 20 weeks of benefits for the second parent, or 35 weeks of benefits for one parent and five weeks for the other. [...] However, this request, which may be made from the beginning of the pregnancy to the end of the 24th week following the birth, must be accompanied by a medical certificate establishing the expected duration of the risk and the activities or conditions to avoid.