afcai,
Husband and I are in civil service too. Not sure if they would change the policy after the news yesterday cos not in the office to see news on the changes in policy. The current system is that we get 5 days childsick leave per child up to 12 yrs old. Childcare leave is not per child basis, i.e. u get 2 days whether u have 1,2 or 3 kids. Illustration on how it works, if u got 2 children below 12 yrs, u get 10 days childsick leave. If at least one kid is < 7 yrs, u can use 2 days as childcare leave, the other 8 days must be supported with child mc. If both working in same org, then childsick leave is shared by both parents, system track by child's name not by parents.I would imagine with the change, policy would now be 6 days childsick leave per child below 12 yrs. That's quite good... cos when children fall sick, they really need lots of attention.