Paid Paternity Leave
Researchers found that half of men and 56% of women think that it's hard to balance work and family in the US. Moreover, 48% of men and 52% of women said that they'd preferably stay home with their kids than work (The Pew Research Center). One of the prevalent complications confronting the American labor force is that of adjusting work and family. As of late, fathers have undertaken augmented roles in raising children; it is presently conventional for a father to be a full-time, stay-at-home guardian, or for a father to share equal responsibility in the family and in child-rearing. Albeit paid leave is regularly viewed as an issue that matters to working women, paid parental leave is also fundamentally critical for fathers. While it is pertinent
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Currently, to be eligible in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), one must be working at a business for more than one year, and the business must have over fifty employees to take “unpaid job-protected leave for the adoption or birth of a child” (US Department of Labor). In addition, employers that offer medical related maternity leave don't offer paid paternity leave to new fathers (Huffington Post). California, Rhode Island and New Jersey and Washington state are the only states to offer paid paternity leave. Regardless of these policies a majority of the fathers face financial and societal limitations that keeps them from taking paternal …show more content…
Paternity leave (and particularly longer leaves) has shown to promote healthy and active father-child relationships. According to The Economist, fathers who were offered paid paternity leave in Sweden, Britain, and Australia were more likely to take on daily responsibility (feeding, bathing playing with their child long after their paternity leave ended. In addition, fathers who took time off were more likely to read books to their kids which in turn promotes early literacy learning. Moreover, a study by University of Oslo found that fathers who took paternity leave, boosts children’s performance at a secondary level (Economist). If ‘paid’ paternity leave were to be offered in all state it would enhance children's cognitive abilities outcome and have fathers build a better, and more stronger relationship with their child, without having to sacrifice their finances while spending quality family
Currently, to be eligible in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), one must be working at a business for more than one year, and the business must have over fifty employees to take “unpaid job-protected leave for the adoption or birth of a child” (US Department of Labor). In addition, employers that offer medical related maternity leave don't offer paid paternity leave to new fathers (Huffington Post). California, Rhode Island and New Jersey and Washington state are the only states to offer paid paternity leave. Regardless of these policies a majority of the fathers face financial and societal limitations that keeps them from taking paternal …show more content…
Paternity leave (and particularly longer leaves) has shown to promote healthy and active father-child relationships. According to The Economist, fathers who were offered paid paternity leave in Sweden, Britain, and Australia were more likely to take on daily responsibility (feeding, bathing playing with their child long after their paternity leave ended. In addition, fathers who took time off were more likely to read books to their kids which in turn promotes early literacy learning. Moreover, a study by University of Oslo found that fathers who took paternity leave, boosts children’s performance at a secondary level (Economist). If ‘paid’ paternity leave were to be offered in all state it would enhance children's cognitive abilities outcome and have fathers build a better, and more stronger relationship with their child, without having to sacrifice their finances while spending quality family