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Only 9% percent of American companies offer paid paternity leave for all their employees (Ramnarace,). Since Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) are underpaid, it is very hard for fathers to be able to take a long absence from work and not be paid for the time off. 86 percent of men said they would not take a paid leave unless they made at least 70 percent of their current salary (Ramnarace,). There are 79 countries that have laws that require companies to offer paternity leave for fathers. There are 29 countries in Africa, 7 in Asia, 5 in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 12 in Lain America, 2 in the Middle East, and 24 in the Developed Economies (Ramnarace,). The United States is still behind by only having 4 states that have adopted the new laws allowing fathers a leave of absence from work with some sort of pay. While the current family leave law allows for 12 work weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a 12-month period, I believe the law should be expanded worldwide to allow paid leave for all fathers without using their accumulated paid leave credits (Parental).

Becoming a parent is beautiful yet stressful time in many people's lives. Emotions of joy and worry fill the mind of expecting parents as they work to provide a loving and financially stable home for their family. Both parents wish to actively support their child and their spouse during this time of transition, however, corporations are making this task difficult. Maternity leave is a benefit that most companies provide, but only for their female employees. Male employees are not given the same opportunity to share the responsibility of childcare with their wife or to develop a bond early on with their child. Providing fathers maternity leave would give them time to dedicate themselves to the growth of their child, allow the mother to heal from giving birth, and promote equality within the family unit and in the workplace.

To be eligible for these benefits, the mothers must have worked at least 20 hours a week for more than two years at the company. The mothers can get six weeks of paid leave and 12 weeks of unpaid leave, which is a federal regulation. However, other parents can only receive up to twelve weeks of unpaid leave. Parents other than the birth mother, such as the father, still cannot receive full benefits. The only benefit the father can receive is that he can leave his job to take care of his new baby without the risk of being fired. However, fathers’ job titles are not always secure. For that reason, some men are not willing to risk their job position, and thus they do not like to take parental

Although current federal and state level legislation guarantee some protections, these policies do not cover all new parents. Parents must have worked a minimum of 5 months while contributing to State Disability Insurance to receive 55% of their salary during 6 weeks of their parental leave, and must have worked with an employer for 1 year to quality for 12 weeks of unpaid leave (“About Paid Family Leave (PFL),” n.d.). Parental leave is not accessible to all adults in the United States because of these requirements, and therefore makes early parenting even more challenging for working adults. Nationally, the trend for mothers on maternal leave has stagnated, although the US economy has expanded (Zagorsky, 2017).

A number of factors impact on the relationship between employees and employers. Below I have listed intenal and external factors which impact on the employment relationship.

     The Family and Medical Leave Act was enacted by Congress on February 5, 1993, and it is public law 103-3. This law allows for a person to leave work in certain situations without losing his/her job. An eligible employees must have worked for the employer for at least 12 months and at least completed 1250 hours of service. An employee is able to leave work for up to 12 weeks for any of the following reasons: the employee expects a baby in his/her immediate family, the employee expects an adopted child in his/her immediate family, the employee has to take care of an ill family member which includes spouse, parent or his/her own children, and/or the employee has a serious medical

Jane thinks she will be taking ten months’ maternity leave after the birth of their child. Her employer’s maternity package is full pay for the first six months, and then on the statutory maternity pay, worth about £94 net per week, for the further four months. They looked into Adan taking some paternity leave but have decided against it, and

Google and YouTube- 18 weeks of paid maternity leave, 12 weeks of “baby-bonding leave” for primary caregivers, and up to 7 weeks for non-primary

Paternity leave is the time a father takes off work at the birth or adoption of a child. This kind of leave is rarely paid and is important. After the mother gives birth she may not be feeling well, or exhausting and does not want to go through raising the child all on her own after recently giving birth. She will need the father to take paternity leave and be with her, support her and assist her when taking care of the new born. Another circumstance where paternity leave is a must when the mother-to-be is going through tough

While paternity leave seems glorious and wonderful there’s the question of what if it can’t be afforded? Many men want to help their newborns, but are afraid they will be unable to bring money in to supply the new growing family. Paternity leave in some cases doesn’t have to be the full twelve weeks, in fact the father can take a reduced schedule leave. If agreed upon by their employer, they can still work, although less time, and still get to be home to help with their newborn. Thus allowing less worry on their jobs and more attention at home, while still being paid.

Although the United States does not offer any paid time to parents of newborns, there are policies providing parents unpaid time off. In 1993, congress passed the Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA. FMLA offered 12 weeks unpaid leave to those with qualified medical and family reasons. Additionally, those who take this leave are given job security, and cannot be fired based on

For a working woman, maternity leave is a standard part of giving birth. Physically, the new mother needs that time to recover from the birthing process, but there is an emotional reason, too. Experts preach over and over that for those first few weeks of a baby’s life, it needs the interaction and touch of its mother to help with bonding to start their development on the right track. Shouldn’t the father be part of that process as well? Shouldn’t the father of the new child be able to take paternity leave from work? I believe they should, not only to bond with the child, but to help the mother with her recovery and to coordinate visitors, appointments and any errands that may be needed.

Traditional family model changed a lot these years, women have their own jobs and cannot pay all their attention to their families as they used to. Therefore, parental leave policy is put forward for to decrease work-family conflict for both men and women. Parental leave is an employee benefit available in almost all countries, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave. During this period, the policy supports new parents in two ways: offering job-protected leave and offering financial support.

In the U.K., there is a variety of different leave options, both unpaid and paid, that a parent or guardian can utilize. They have a 18 week unpaid parental leave per child, which they can use if their child is under the age of 5 or under the age of 18, if they are disabled. Mothers are generally given 52 weeks of maternity leave with 39 weeks of statutory maternity pay. Statutory maternity pay means that the mother will be paid 90% of her salary for the first 6 weeks, then she is given $205 dollars a week or 90% of her salary (whichever is lowest) for the remaining weeks (Parental leave laws in the U.S. and abroad).

The company offers maternity leave for both a live birth or adoption.The length and pay of this maternity leave varies based on job position but it is generally longer than eight weeks and is fully paid. This is wonderful given that 3.3 weeks at just 33% pay is the national average among American women who were even able to receive leave. Additionally, new fathers are generally allowed paternity leave so they can spend time with their newborns and distribute the childbearing burden more equally across gender lines. This generous policy must be one of the main reasons that women rate Verizon as one of the top companies to work at.