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You can accrue up to 20 days by law (two years worth). But employers don't have to let you accrue any more.
We've had a lot of cancer in the family over the past few years, 40 days isn't gonna be nearly enough I'm afraid.
Edit: oh and
While the wording is a bit funny, the entitlement can go to either parent (but not both). There is unpaid time off (up to a year) and there is paid parental leave (up to 26 weeks, proportionally replaces time off so you can only get 1 year total).
The entitlement is for the primary carer, and the other parent can get "partner's leave" which is super shit, like 2 weeks unpaid. Everyone I've ever heard of has just taken annual leave.
No 40 days wouldn't go far at all, but 8 weeks paid before having to chew into annual leave would still help ease the stresses a bit. Of course, im lucky to have that much.
Yeah for sure, 8 weeks is better than 4 weeks!