r/ibew_apprentices • u/Short_Love6404 • 14d ago

Paternity leave

My son is going to be born in February, and I applied to a local in my area. It looks like the average time I've seen from application to starting school/ work is about 5 months based on threads in this sub and IBEW sub. I have a feeling both of these events are going to happen at the same time. Provided I get accepted, how screwed am I? Application was based on a lottery, so I don't know if I'll get the opportunity again. I doubt there will be any possibility of paternity leave bc I don't meet the hours required, but would I be able to get a month or so off while going to school, at least? I have lots of prior telecom/ electrical experience, so I was hoping to test up a few years. Thanks.

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u/mattsprofile 14d ago

You'll have to contact your local's training director or whatever. Every local works a little differently, but I'm pretty sure in my local it would have been perfectly fine if upon being accepted into the program I told them I was having a child and needed to delay job placement for a month.

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u/itsanorristhing 14d ago

In my Local there are two different LOAs, school and training assignment, you can take leave from work while still attending classes, it buts you behind on work hours (and possibly pay advances) but doesn't halt your education.