shared parental leave

Hi there, anyone here knows anything about how the shared parental leave goes about? I need some advise here. As I am going to take my ML for 2months and 2 weeks only. And come back to work. As i worked only for 6 mths with company.. I was 6 weeks pregnant when i started my job at the company i'm currently working with. Would like to hear from you mummies...

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In simple sense, if your child is Singaporean & you have worked for your company for at least 03 months before the birth of your child, you are entitled to 16 weeks of maternity leave. (If you & your company agree that they employ you in exchange for less leave, that is between u & company. If not, u can fight for your full 16 weeks.) In this 16 weeks, you can transfer maximum of 04 weeks to your husband. So means u will have 12 weeks & he a total of 06 weeks.

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