Many countries now offer paid paternity leave, especially with such an allowance having become compulsory in the European Union, under the bloc's work-life balance directive, since 2 August 2022. mind RH has set out to assess how this leave allowance – reserved specifically for fathers, or second parents in countries where co-parenting is recognised – is implemented around the world. In some countries, notably in the Nordic region, such leave forms an integral part of the parental leave framework, rather than being an allowance in its own right.
Some 26 of the European Union member states have now introduced a paid leave allowance of at least 10 working days for fathers following the birth – or adoption – of a child, as required by the EU directive on work-life balance. Only Germany is yet to meet this requirement and is currently under EU infringement proceedings for late transposition. According to the country’s minister for family affairs, Lisa Paus, a two-week leave allowance to be taken after the birth of a child is to be...
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Nathalie Tran
Editor-in-Chief Mind HR