Thursday, January 03, 2008

Paternity Leave

In the context of this post see this one on Crooked Timber arguing for paid paternity leave.

In India, as far as I know, the only place that has a policy of two-week paid paternity leave is NDTV. This was way back in the late 90's even, with plans for a crรจche at the workplace. Wish there were more places like that.
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4 comments:

  1. dipaliSat Jan 05, 01:02:00 PM 2008

    Very well written piece on what seems to be a very sensible proposition.

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  2. the mad mommaSat Jan 05, 09:14:00 PM 2008

    the OA got ten days paternity leave from the bank he was with when the brat was born...

    http://thebratthebeanandbedlam.wordpress.com

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  3. Rahul SiddharthanSun Jan 06, 11:38:00 AM 2008

    I got 2 weeks paternity leave, which I could choose to take any time during the first six months. I imagine those are government rules. In addition, I had a lot of accumulated earned leave, and I can work from home, so it worked out. These days, those who can work from home should be allowed to do so...

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  4. Space BarSun Jan 06, 04:18:00 PM 2008

    dipali: yes, and the comments at CT are also a pleasure to read.

    tmm/rahul: good to know that.

    rahul: though i'm not sure how the 'paid' part of it will work when you're self-employed. suddenly you have no income of any kind, let alone 'leave'.

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