10.10. The employee may be absent from work for 5 days on the occasion of the birth of his child, the adoption of a child or the termination of pregnancy in or after the twentieth week of pregnancy. The first 2 days of absence are paid if the employee has 60 days of continuous service.
That leave may be taken as separate days at the employee’s request and may not be taken later than 15 days after the child arrives at the residence of his father or mother or if such is the case, the termination of pregnancy.
The employee shall notify his employer of his absence as soon as possible.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an employee who adopts his consort’s child may be absent from work for only 2 days, without pay.
O.C. 990-95, s. 13; O.C. 736-2005, s. 12.