Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced recently that he’ll take a two months time-off after his wife Priscilla Chan will give birth to his first baby daughter. Now the company is offering four months of paid paternity leave to its full-time male employees around the world starting in January. Though paid maternity leave is common outside the US, paid time-off for new fathers isn’t always offered.
“Studies show that when working parents take time to be with their newborns, outcomes are better for the children and families. At Facebook we offer our US
employees up to 4 months of paid maternity or paternity leave which they can take throughout the year.” Zuckerberg said in a post in Facebook
employees up to 4 months of paid maternity or paternity leave which they can take throughout the year.” Zuckerberg said in a post in Facebook
Spotify announced last week that new moms and dads can take six months off at full pay. Earlier this year, Netflix started offering its employees unlimited paid time off until their child’s first birthday and Amazon recently upped its maternity leave to 20 weeks from eight weeks while dads gets six weeks.
