Paternity leave: The hidden barriers keeping men at work
When all of these (IMO, highly predictable) articles come out about paternity and maternity leave, I wish they would also highlight that these leave policies just show the gaping inequalities in the workforce, especially in the US where leave is not mandated.<p>I mean, the only reason the tech giants are able to offer such generous leave is because their businesses are almost unfathomably profitable, with limited competition, and because they are big enough that the work of any individual worker will not be missed that much. But why do virtually zero, say, small businesses like restaurants, cleaners, mechanics, etc. offer leave policies remotely like this? Because these businesses actually need all their workers to <i>actually work</i>, and when they don&#x27;t, the business actually stops functioning.<p>If we really believe that parental leave and parental bonds are beneficial for society, then society should pay for it, instead of hoisting the cost onto companies, where only the richest companies are able to do so.