Switzerland to introduce two-week paternity

Fathers in Switzerland are set to receive two weeks off work after the government proposed a compromise with family leave campaigners.

Campaigners had sought a period of four week’s paternal leave for fathers across Switzerland. The campaign, entitled ‘For reasonable paternity leave – for the benefit of the whole family’, attracted more than 130,000 signatures, enough to force a referendum on the issue under Switzerland’s election laws.

The government, which had initially been opposed to the move, developed a compromise deal which would allow fathers to take two weeks off instead.

Private and public organisations are fit to establish their own parental leave schemes, as long as they are no shorter than these minimum standards.

Via The Local