Create a paternity leave absence type

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Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

In this article:

• Prerequisites
• Rename an absence type
• Duplicate an absence type
• Assign an absence type to a leave profile

But what does the law say?

Fathers are entitled to 25 calendar days of paternity leave. 

Source Service public.fr: Paternity leave for private sector employees

Fathers can take their paternity and childcare leave all at once or in several installments. 

Its duration can be broken down into several periods:

• a first mandatory period of 4 days during which working is prohibited; it must begin immediately after the 3-day birth leave;
• a second period of 21 days for a single birth or 28 days for multiple births. This second leave period is not mandatory and can be split into 2 parts, the shortest of which must be at least 5 days.  It must begin within 6 months of the child's birth.

The idea is therefore to create two absence types.  A first one that we can (re)name “initial”, corresponding to the 4 days that the father must mandatorily take after the days related to the birth (statutory or contractual days).  Then, we will create a second absence type comprising 21 days to comply with legal requirements. 

Prerequisites

• Create or modify a leave or absence type
• Set up leave and absence types

If you already have a “congé paternité” absence type, you can rename it “congé paternité initial”, for example.  It will allow you to submit the 4 mandatory days following the baby's birth. 

Rename an absence type

Access: Admin area > Congés et absences > Types de congés et absences > Congés paternité

• Click on the absence type entitled “congé paternité”
• Rename the name of the paternity leave in “Description”

• Then enter the accrual, which must be equivalent to 4 days.  

• Do not forget to save so that your changes are taken into account

Duplicate an absence type

Access: Admin area > Congés et absences > Types de congés et absences > Congés paternité initial

• Hover the mouse over the 3 vertical black dots
• Click on the overlapping sheets to “Dupliquer”

• Rename the absence to, for example, “congé paternité prolongation 21 jours”

• Enter the correct number of days in “Mode de cumul” 

• Save in the top right corner

Assign an absence type to a leave profile

• When saving your new absence type, a window appears allowing you to link it to the leave profiles of your choice, then save again

Support

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