Paternity Leave: The Key to Female Leadership Let fathers of newborns take time off, and the whole enterprise will thrive. by Shellie Karabell Advantages of paid family leave far exceed risks Companies have an opportunity to rewrite the social contract with employees, build team morale, and even...
Offer the same benefits to both genders. If you want to offer six weeks of paid time off, for example, both mothers and fathers should get it. That’s the simplest, cleanest way to offer a policy and eliminate your risk for a discrimination lawsuit. Let your employees designate caregiver ...
Paternity leave, as usual, has been talked about less than maternity leave during the last year. Uptake of paternity leave has historically been pretty low, with many new fathers not taking it at all, even when offered. Whether it's paid or unpaid, it's still a rare sight to see patern...
Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo (and a mother herself), perfectly embodied this by giving female employees longer paid maternity leave. Male employees also received longer paternity leave. This wasn’t a move focused solely on company profits but on the well-being of the mothers and fathers-to-be...
It’s broader than maternity and paternity leave. It’s about women – and men – in the workplace being able to be parents and not having parenthood impacting their career. Otto Rosenberger, Iglu The survey of 1,106 senior decision makers finds 59% of employers believe a woman should have...
Families with involved fathers, the research is unbelievably clear that kids thrive, that their spouses thrive, that dads are happier and live longer if they're more involved with their kids. It has so many positive ripple effects if dads are supported in the two most important roles in ...
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My partner was already at work (which is where I should have been!), so that morningIwas the one who had to stay at home with our son. OK, I'll get it sorted fast and then head to work only slightly late. No problem. A Difficult Day ...
Whilemuch ink has been spilled by others indescribingpatriarchal attempts to exert male control over women’ssexual or-gans so as to ensurefathers’confidenceintheir ownpaternity,this studyshows the extent to which men depended upon and trusted women to individu-allymonitor and interpret theirown ...
Dove Men+Care’s report finds that significant proportions of men and women agree that “changing diapers, giving baths to children, and feeding children should be the mother’s responsibility”. Fathers in several countries reported they had experienced ridicule or been taunted when they started...