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Paternity Leave

If The U.S. Wanted To Say 'Happy Mother's Day,' It Would Do This

Katy Hall | Posted 05.10.2013 | Parents

Some new mothers may not have much time to celebrate Mother's Day this weekend, as the U.S. is still the only industrialized country not to mandate pa...

Fall Into the Gap

Alex Palombo | Posted 04.10.2013 | Politics
Alex Palombo

The causes for income inequality and the gender pay gap are many and varied, and the solutions should be the same. We, as a nation, cannot just pass one limited pay equality bill and sit on our hands, saying that we fixed the problem.

6 Ways To Handle Being Alone With A New Baby

The Stir | Posted 03.28.2013 | Parents
The Stir

Here are 6 tips that will make life easier for you when your partner goes back to work.

It's Time for the State to 'Lean In' for Gender Equality

Darren Rosenblum | Posted 05.14.2013 | Women
Darren Rosenblum

Efforts to get women to "lean in" should also take on getting men to "lean out" so that the workplace norm becomes one that complements family life.

When Family Leave Crosses the Aisle

Jodie Levin-Epstein | Posted 04.09.2013 | Politics
Jodie Levin-Epstein

It's time to expand unpaid leave to cover the 40 percent of all workers who are currently ineligible and to establish national family and medical leave insurance to meet 21st century workforce needs.

Katy Hall

Why Working Families Could Be Better Off In Sweden

HuffingtonPost.com | Katy Hall | Posted 02.21.2013 | Parents

When Australia passed a parental leave law in 2010, it left the U.S. as the only industrialized nation not to mandate paid leave for mothers of newbor...

Lisa Belkin

Bangladeshi Parents Have It, Why Can't We?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lisa Belkin | Posted 01.04.2013 | Parents

What we should be debating is paid Family Leave.

WATCH: What's It Like For A Gay Parent To Take Paternity Leave?

Posted 12.06.2012 | Gay Voices

What's it like to take paternity leave as a gay parent? In a Dec. 6 appearance on HuffPost Live, Tom Bourdon of Tufts University's LGBT Center shar...

Why Men Need to Leave Now

Mary Kate Sheridan | Posted 01.30.2013 | Women
Mary Kate Sheridan

Taking care of the little bundle isn't a female thing. It's a parent thing. But if men continue to back down and employers persist in dissuading fathers from taking leave, children will remain a "women's issue," which can be detrimental to both men and women.

The Second Debate: In Pursuit of Women Voters

David Coates | Posted 10.17.2012 | Politics
David Coates

One of the most telling questions in the second debate focused on the gender pay gap: asking in what ways the candidates would "rectify the inequalities in the workplace. The Romney answer was an embarrassment and the president could have said more.

The Best Places in the World to Have a Child!

Ilan Dar-Nimrod | Posted 11.13.2012 | Parents
Ilan Dar-Nimrod

It is ironic that the individuals who champion family values and cry it from mountain tops left and right (mostly right) are the ones that are conspicuously absent when it comes to providing families with such an important provision as a decent parental leave.

Back to Work, with Cigars

Joan Williams | Posted 11.07.2012 | Parents
Joan Williams

Things have changed little, if at all, for men. Companies of all sorts often offer illegally short paternity leaves, even companies without a history of blowing off other federal mandates.

Brazil Grants Gay Man Paid 'Maternity' Leave

AP | Posted 08.31.2012 | Gay Voices

SAO PAULO -- Brazil's social security agency has for the first time granted a four-month "maternity" leave for a man in a civil union with another man...

What New Dads Need to Know About Paternity Leave

Marva Soogrim | Posted 09.15.2012 | Parents
Marva Soogrim

It's not just mothers who are taking a leave from work once their baby arrives.

14 Best States For Working Dads

The Huffington Post | Jessica Samakow | Posted 12.06.2012 | Parents

According to a new report, "Dads Expect Better," conducted by the National Partnership for Women & Families, at least 66 countries guarantee a father...

Daddy Leave: A Panacea for Gender Inequality?

Margunn Bjørnholt | Posted 08.15.2012 | World
Margunn Bjørnholt

Despite the hopes and expectations of the wonders this policy measure might achieve, the honest answer is: the evidence that it does is weak, and there is also evidence of unintended and adverse effects.

One Dad’s Journey of Parental Leave

Lisa Levey | Posted 08.14.2012 | Parents
Lisa Levey

"I would not trade these last two years for anything I've done in my life. I've had the world's ultimate responsibility in a way most men never get to."

Culture Contrasts: Norway's Support of Working Families

Melanie Coffee | Posted 07.15.2012 | Parents
Melanie Coffee

In the race to be bigger, faster, stronger, we've lost sight of what makes us better: Time with each other.

Corporations Catching Up to Fatherhood

Nathan Greenberg | Posted 06.11.2012 | Parents
Nathan Greenberg

Men and women are both in the kitchen. Men and women are both at the grocery store. Men and women are both changing diapers. But men and women are not both respected as parents.

Does Winning at Work Mean Losing at Home?

Steve Ressler | Posted 05.27.2012 | Parents
Steve Ressler

Does having a child mean that a parent needs to pass on a promotion -- or give up time with a child in order to advance his or her career?

Dave Jamieson

Obama To Improve Medical Leave For Military Families

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.30.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Labor Department announced Monday that it plans on amending the federal rules on family and medical work leave, making it easier for...

Too-Short Maternity Leave -- Not Working Itself -- Increases Depression In Moms

Posted 09.20.2011 | Women

It's hardly news to working moms, but for all of those who think women should stay at home with the kids, a new study from the National Bureau of Econ...

Is There Paternity Leave in Baseball?

Jenya Cassidy | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Jenya Cassidy

Colby Lewis is not the first major league player to miss a game to attend the birth of his child. But he is the first to take advantage of Major League Baseball's new 72-hour paternity leave policy.

Colby Lewis Bashed For Attending Daughter's Birth

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 06.20.2011 | Sports

Perhaps he wasn't invited to the baby shower? To say the least, Dallas Observer columnist Richie Whitt really let Texas Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis...

Maternity Leave, Unplugged

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Morra Aarons-Mele

If maternity leave is one of the last sanctioned times you're allowed to unplug completely, we need to fight to keep that time precious, even if it makes us feel vulnerable.