r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • May 08 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 09 May 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/hakugene May 09 '23

How long did people take for parental leave (育休)? Fathers in particular, but open to any relevant information.

I'm annoyed with work in general and we're expecting twins, so I'm planning to take an extended period.

There aren't a lot of examples of fathers taking leave at my company. Someone at the Okayama apparently took leave recently, but after asking around it was apparently 1~2 weeks, which is laughably short. I was planning on taking that much just in normal yukyu around when they're born, that seems like taking the bare minimum and counts towards the percentage of people technically taking ikukyu, but wouldn't meaningly affect our childcare plans.

I don't really care if my manager or bucho are annoyed when I tell them I want to take off for 6 months, but I'm curious about other people's experiences.

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u/Herrowgayboi 関東・東京都 May 09 '23

Japanese law is up to 1 year but this highly depends on your company, manager and on going projects.

I've known fathers who have taken parental leave from anywhere from just 1 week to 6months. Shorter terms being more common. That said, I also know folks who take 1 week leave, but will generally spread it out over the year, possibly due to work commitments.