Under a new policy introduced by the UK telecommunications giant, male and female employees whose partner has a baby, adopts a child or becomes a parent through surrogacy will be entitled to 16 weeks of paid leave with full pay following the child’s arrival. Effective from next year in some countries, this global policy – which is identical to that already introduced for mothers – will gradually be rolled out by Vodafone across 24 countries by 2021.
Vodafone employees whose partner has a child will be entitled to four months of paid parental leave, should they wish, to be taken during the 18 months following the child’s arrival. After taking that period of leave, the employees concerned will then be able to gradually return to work, working 30 hours per week for six months, while receiving full pay. When this measure was unveiled, at the end of October, Vodafone Group CEO Nick Read said: “Diversity and inclusion are core to our beliefs and
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