Fortunately, I married a brilliantly supportive man who
took paternity leave from his job.
• Swedish fathers who
took paternity leave in the late 1970s have had an 18 % lower risk of alcohol - related care and / or death than other fathers and a 16 % overall reduced risk of early death (Mansdotter et al, 2008; Mansdotter et al, 2007).
69 % of fathers who
took paternity leave said it improved the quality of family life and 56 % that it led them to take a greater role in caring for their children (EHRC, 2009a).
Our CTO
took paternity leave, our chief product officer
took paternity leave.
I'm really proud that Mark [Zuckerberg]
took paternity leave.
Seriously consider
taking paternity leave.
One of the most effective ways to encourage men to
take paternity leave is through legislation — most of the increase in Canada's dad - leave stats is thanks to Quebec, which introduced five weeks of leave available only to fathers in 2005.
Even the hard - working «salarymen» of Japan are being urged to
take paternity leave.
There's something for everyone, whether you can relate to an overbearing in - law, quirky coworkers, deciding whether to
take paternity leave, sharing a heated discussion about the election or the difficulty of explaining police brutality to your children.
And men legitimately worry that they may be penalized at work if they ask to
take a paternity leave or for other flexibility to meet children's needs.
• Infants whose fathers
take paternity leave during the first year are significantly more likely to be breastfed at two, four and six months of age (Flacking et al, 2010).
Where I live, we are also seeing an increasing number of men
taking paternity leave, with 1 out of 2 men in Quebec now using some of the leave that is available to parents.
• In the UK, partners of first time mothers were slightly more likely to have
taken paternity leave and to have taken longer leave, irrespective of social class (Redshaw & Henderson, 2013).
• In the UK, a father's
taking paternity leave is strongly associated with mothers» well - being three months after the birth (Redshaw & Henderson, 2013).
Did
you take paternity leave, and was it enough?
The first weeks of feeding can be very demanding so it will help if your partner can
take some paternity leave.
If family is not able to help during this period, perhaps your husband will be able to
take paternity leave.
If your partner plans to
take paternity leave (female partners can
take paternity leave, too), they also need to inform their employer at this time.
Today, fathers are encouraged to attend prenatal appointments, expected to be in the hospital delivery room during childbirth and have an active role in caring for the newborn, including
taking paternity leave provided and protected by law.
When fathers
take paternity leave, their children are more likely to have improved health.
Some dads have time off available to use right after the birth of a new baby, or they may be able to
take Paternity leave or FMLA to spend time at home.
Many dads today
take paternity leave.
However, the number of men
taking paternity leave more than tripled during the same period, increasing from 5,800 a month to 22,000 a month.
It's likely that fathers have more of a choice whether to
take paternity leave, Zagorsky says, and may be less willing to do so if they have to forfeit income.
It turns out that
taking some paternity leave with a newborn baby — even as little as a few weeks — can result in a permanent change in the gender roles of the family and may have a positive impact on childrens» performance in school.
For fathers wanting to
take paternity leave, his advice is simple: Approach your boss and colleagues with no apologies.
I think that if we were sending the message that men should also
take a paternity leave when their children are born, we know from research that it helps promote bonding when fathers stay home more with their babies when they're first born.
Howell writes that while men are starting to
take paternity leave, on balance, they are «still pursuing the traditional breadwinner role, as opposed to breadwinner - plus.»
According to the Department of Labor, in addition to allowing you to properly bond with your baby and recover at home, paid family leave is important for four main reasons: it increases female labor force participation, leads to better child health outcomes, encourages men to
take paternity leave and serve as caregivers, and increases worker retention and reduces turnover.
If you're
taking paternity leave or family leave, you can ask your HR department many of the same questions.
New dads, be patient with yourself as you figure out the balance between work and family and if you can, consider
taking some paternity leave so you can have time to enjoy your new family member without the stress of work.
Not exact matches
Boxed workers can
take unlimited maternity and
paternity leave.
Zuckerberg recent said that he plans to
take two months of
paternity leave following the birth of his daughter.
When his daughter, Maxima, was born just after Thanksgiving last year, Zuckerberg
took a two - month
paternity leave.
Ohanian, who recently announced that he'll be
taking a six - week
paternity leave to care for the couple's baby due in the fall, spoke with Vanity Fair's Buzz Bessinger for a cover story on their romance.
According to Sherman, who teaches an executive MBA course in business ethics at Science Application International, whistleblower protections can be a lot like
paternity leave, which many employees are legally entitled to
take but seldom do.
Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, welcomed a daughter, Max, into the world in November, and Zuck
took two months off from work to spend time with her, setting an example of Facebook's strong
paternity -
leave policy.
But you will have a lot of time at home with your dad, at least at first, as he vowed not long before you were born to
take two months of
paternity leave.
taking of
paternity / parental
leave does not seem, in Sweden, to impact negatively on fathers» work prospects in the longer term (O'Brien, 2004).
We will however
take powers to enable us to extend paid
paternity leave and make it more flexible so that we can make this extension at a later date when Government and business finances permit.
If substantial
paternity / parental
leave were made available to UK fathers and were paid at reasonable rates and if this were
taken up by substantial numbers of fathers this would require a revolution in thinking by government, employers, trades unions and others about the work / care nexus which could benefit not only fathers but mothers and children too (Green & Parker, 2006; Lewis & Cooper, 2005)-- and, ultimately, employers too.
Paternity / parental
leave, often with a specific «father quota» (i.e.
leave which, if not
taken by the father is lost to the family) and the ability to work shorter hours and / or more flexibly when children are young have been available to fathers in Scandinavia for several decades.
In Sweden, where fathers» uptake of
paternity and parental
leave is relatively high, there has been no systematic cost - benefit analyses of the financial impact of
take up on organizations.
How do parents prove their eligibility for the father to receive Additional
Paternity Leave (and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay)-- i.e. to take up the remainder of the mother's entitlement to leave /
Leave (and Additional Statutory
Paternity Pay)-- i.e. to
take up the remainder of the mother's entitlement to
leave /
leave / pay?
Employers are also more likely to «top up» Maternity Pay levels than
Paternity or Shared Parental
Leave pay levels, supporting female employees, but not their male colleagues, to take l
Leave pay levels, supporting female employees, but not their male colleagues, to
take leaveleave.
Some fathers
take Annual
Leave instead of, or as well as, paternity / parental leave, particularly where that is not available or is low
Leave instead of, or as well as,
paternity / parental
leave, particularly where that is not available or is low
leave, particularly where that is not available or is low paid.
As an employee you are entitled to additional
paternity leave for up to 26 weeks,
taken between 20 weeks and one year after your baby is born.
for their two weeks»
paternity leave and any shared parental
leave they wish to
take.
The recently announced work and families bill gives new fathers the option of
taking three months»
paternity leave supported by a weekly state allowance of # 106.
From April 2011, fathers will be entitled to
take six months»
paternity leave in the second six months of their child's life — so long as the mother has returned to work.