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Facebook Expands Parental Leave Policy For All Employees Globally (mashable.com)
Reuters reports that Mark Zuckerberg's not the only Facebook employee who will enjoy a nice chunk of time off to spend with a new baby; the company is expanding its parental leave policy (and posting on Facebook about it). The benefit includes up to four months of paid leave, to all full-time employees, including those outside the U.S., regardless of sex, within a new child's first year. That means that new parents of either sex will be allowed to take a longer absence; previously, non-U.S. employees who were not primary caregivers were granted four weeks of leave. From the Reuters story: [Facebook HR head Lori Matloff] Goler said the new policy will primarily help new fathers and employees in same-sex relationships outside the United States, noting that it will not change maternity leave already available to employees worldwide. ... Technology companies in Silicon Valley have been rushing to extend parental leave allowances and other benefits to help recruit and retain employees. Many high-tech workers, however, do not take advantage of such benefits for fear of falling behind at work or missing out on promotions.
Quite the other way around, most of Europe has extensive parental leave provisions by law. In a nutshell, for most of Europe, Zuck can take his 4 months and stick 'em.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
which causes those insurances to go up in cost for everyone, even those not having kids.
Exactly, but there is consensus in most of the societies that kids are a good thing.
No sig today.
Welcome to the 21st-fucking-century.
UK Statutory Maternity / Paternity Pay:
https://www.gov.uk/paternity-p...
Gives up to 52 weeks paid leave for one/either/both parents (shared among them), including in case of stillborn, including for adoption, legally allowing you to build up holiday, get rises and return to work while it goes on.
Sure, it won't necessarily be at full-pay-rates but this is the fucking bare, legal, statutory MINIMUM that you're required to give by even being an employer in the UK
So let's not shout about how great Facebook are for letting you spend more than a fucking month with your newborn child.
The US really need to get out more and look at what other countries consider normal and/or moral.