Danone, a benchmark in paternity leave

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Balancing work and personal responsibilities is not an easy challenge, much less if the place where you work has minimal flexibility. This is aggravated when an employee decides to become a father or mother, since for many companies this means a decrease in their productivity, and if necessary, many force them to resign. Over the years, some companies have understood the benefit of improving their labor policies and have focused part of their efforts on developing better initiatives that build a work space that allows them to find that balance, and more so currently with the pandemic. One of the companies that has become a success story or benchmark in paternity leave is Danone and below you will find the reason.



Benchmark on paternity leave The company recently announced that its employees, regardless of their gender, status as primary or secondary caregiver, and position within the company, will have the right to paid parental leave. Performance and purpose are connected and interdependent in business, so if a company truly embraces that idea and believes it drives business growth, these policies should now be a natural extension. Shane Grant, CEO of Danone North BYB Directory America. More paternity leaves, more female managers Now, the company's more than 2,200 employees will have access to paid parental leave. On the other hand, those collaborators who work in the manufacturing part will also obtain the benefit. This is important especially because in the United States it is difficult for hourly workers to obtain paid parental leave.







All workers who are new parents will receive 18 weeks at full pay. The company will offer an additional 6 to 8 weeks of short-term disability to birth parents for a total of up to 26 weeks. Shane Grant, CEO of Danone North America. The new policy is the result of a commitment the company made in 2017 as part of UN Women's HeForShe initiative to implement gender-neutral paid bail leave. Retention and care of talent According to the company, by implementing this policy they hope that their people will feel more committed and stay with the company longer. In this way they encourage their base of collaborators to feel stronger.