Section 2: Paternity leave

The paternity and childcare leave provided for in article L. 1225-35 is taken within six months of the birth of the child. The employee shall inform his employer of the expected date of birth at least one month beforehand. The twenty-one or twenty-eight day period of leave referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 1225-35 may be split into two periods of at least five days each. The…

In addition to the leave referred to in article L. 1225-35, the father, the mother’s spouse or the person bound to her by a civil solidarity pact or the cohabiting partner is entitled to an extension of the period of leave referred to in the fifth paragraph of this article in the event of the child’s immediate hospitalisation after birth, for the entire period of hospitalisation in one or more…