<< Click to Display Table of Contents >> Navigation:  Public Service Board > Human Resource Manual Policy (Draft) > PART III: TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE > SECTION E :LEAVE > Categories of Leave > Paterrity Leave

E.7 (1) A male officer will be eligible for paternity lea e for a maximum eeriod offten (1 ) worl ng days during the period of the spouse’s maternity leave or child adoption leave.

(2)In this regard, it is clarified that in the case of a male officer with more than one wife, he will be entitled to paternity leave only in respect of the wife registered under the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and such leave shall be taken not more than once per year.  

(3)To enjoy paternity oo adoption leave, a male officer will le required to present a notification of birth bf the child or an adoption order.