How much paid leave do we get as a couple?
Parental leave planner
Enter your baby's birth date or due date and choose how to split Shared Parental Leave. See each parent's paid weeks and how long a parent can be at home.
New to this? Read the short guide first →
Step 2 Your result
As a couple you get
What this estimate assumes
For a Singapore citizen child, where each parent has worked for their employer for at least 3 months before the birth and the father is or was married to the mother. Maternity leave is 16 weeks and paternity leave 4 weeks; shared leave is 6 weeks for births from 1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026 and 10 weeks from 1 Apr 2026. Shared leave is taken within 12 months by agreement with your employer, otherwise as one block within 26 weeks; paternity leave, otherwise within 16 weeks. So without agreement a parent is home until about 26 weeks after the birth. Self-employed parents have their own rules. Verify with MOM Shared Parental Leave. Checked .
Step 3 What next
What do I need to sort out before baby arrives?Read the guideHow much parental leave do we get, and how should we split it? →Common questions
How is Shared Parental Leave split?
Equally by default: 5 weeks each from 1 April 2026 (3 each for earlier births). Parents can change the split on LifeSG within the first 4 weeks after birth, and later with their employer's agreement.
Our baby came early. Which rules apply?
MOM applies the newer entitlement if either the birth date or the estimated due date is on or after its start date, so enter the original due date too.