Twitter To Give All New Parents 20 Weeks of Paid Leave (fortune.com)

Michal Lev-Ram, reporting for Fortune: May 1 will be a happy day for Twitter employees -- at least those expecting a baby. The social media site is the latest tech player to offer so-called "gender-neutral" parental leave, guaranteeing any parent up to 20 weeks of fully paid time off. Other companies that have embraced such policies include Etsy, Facebook, and Change.org. The rationale? Family structures have changed, and allowing for more evenly distributed parenting equals happier employees, both male and female (within, of course, both heterosexual and same-sex couples).

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[Anonymous Coward]

Ummmm, nope.

It varies from province to province but you don't get a full year of paid parental leave.
http://www.babycenter.ca/a1012481/a-province-by-province-guide-to-parental-leave

Firstly:
1) The twitter leave is paid
2) The twitter leave can be for the father or/and mother

Secondly:
1) The provincial leave is unpaid [you can get unemployment benefits up to $537/week but that is paid by the government, not the company]
2) The maternity leave only applies to mothers
3) The paternal leave is limited and shared between the father and mother

Re: What abt people who don't want kids?

[jedidiah]

It's paid time off just like any other. Doesn't matter if they are going on a world tour or having a bone marrow transplant. They are getting something handed to them because of someone's idea of what sounds "good".

I'm really fascinated by 3rd wave feminists that are all over this idea that women should be paid to breed, as if that's all that women are about in the 21st century.

Forget about the other marks of distinction like running for president, almost dominating the SCOTUS, or running high profile corporations.