Less than a week after Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said he would take two months of paternity leave, the social media company announced it is extending its parental leave policy to full-time employees outside the United States.
The policy, which provides four months of paid time off, will be provided to all newparents regardless of gender or location, starting 1 January. Employees may take leave at any point up to a year after the birth of their child, Lori Matloff Goler, the company’s head of human resources, said in a Facebook post late Wednesday.
Facebook currently offers four months of paid parental leave to US-based full-time workers. Outside the United States, Facebook now offers a minimum of four months of paid leave to full-time employees who are new mothers and primary caregivers. Fathers and non-primary caregivers outside the United States get four weeks of paid leave.
“We want to be there for our people at all stages of life, and in particular we strive to be a leading place to work for families,” she added. “An important part of this is offering paid parental or ‘baby’ leave.”
Goler said the new policy will primarily help new fathers and employees in same-sex relationships outside the United States, noting that it will not change maternity leave already available to employees worldwide.
I recall a few years ago when i was serving as a Corper at a very prestigious Audit firm, my salary was 25k until the Account partner's daughter joined us as a corper, it was then doubled and my salary became 50k. I remember going to her at the Cafeteria and shaking her hand. I bet she doesn't know why i did that till today.
The Facebook boss is having a child so he is taking a leave from work and this decision is made a policy for staffs globally. It is a beautiful and welcomed development. I hope all you Nigerian bosses are seeing it.
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