New York, Nov 30: Four-month paid paternal leave policy for US employees has been extended to all full-time Facebook employees, regardless of gender or location.
Lori Matloff Goler, Head of Human Resource at the company said, “I am proud to announce that we are extending our parental leave policy for full time employees to cover four months of paid baby leave for all new parents, no matter their gender or where in the world they live.”
“It will not alter the existing maternity leave currently available to all employees worldwide,” she added.
According to Pew Research, almost half of fathers are worried that they do not spend enough time with their children.
“All new parents in all of our offices worldwide, including those who had or adopted a baby in 2015 and were Facebook employees at the time, will be eligible,” she added.
The leave can be taken at any point up to a year after the baby is born.
“Taking parental leave is a very personal decision, but we want to be able to provide our people with the support and flexibility to take the time they need,” the Facebook HR head posted.
Notably, Netflix allows up to a year, Google up to 18 weeks and Microsoft 12 weeks.
