If both you and your spouse are working, and one of you qualifies for Shared Parental Leave (SPL) while the other qualifies for Shared Parental Leave Benefit (SPB), the default arrangement is to share the leave equally.

For example, if you qualify for SPL and your spouse qualifies for SPB, and you choose to share the leave equally, your spouse can claim 5 weeks (or 35 days) of his / her income, and you can take 5 weeks of SPL - for a total of 10 weeks of SPL.

You can also choose to reallocate the leave between yourselves, depending on what works best for your family. We recommend updating your preferred sharing arrangement on LifeSG within 4 weeks of your child's date of birth or adoptive child’s Formal Intent to Adopt (FIA) date.