Mother can take complete 52 weeks (17 for Maternity & 35 for Parental, These are not paid by the Company but the Government and the amount will be thhe 55% of the highest pay check amount in the last 22 Weeks) if the father doesn't want to be a part of the Parental Leaves, Some companies also offer Paternity leave for 2 weeks (Paid)kryt0n said:Yea, you said a year... It depends on the job. It could be 17 weeks.