India: Paternity leave, a boon for new dads

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'Even though there is no specific law that enforces paternity leave, more and more companies in India are increasingly offering paternity leave to their employees...

In the good old days, dads didn’t dare enter the delivery room, let alone take time off from work to bond with junior or care for their wife...

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, paternity leave is a paid leave granted by the company to an employee when he becomes a father.

And even though there is no specific law that enforces this leave, more and more companies in India are increasingly offering paternity leave to their employees.
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So how do the employees feel about this gesture? Says Bangaru Babu, IT manager at Omega Healthcare services, Bangalore, “It is a great concept and is also very useful. I took my paternity leave last month as my wife delivered our baby in Hyderabad...

Apart from natural birth, paternity leave is also being given for adoption by certain companies. “We give five days paid paternity leave even on the adoption of a child, apart from child birth.
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While some may argue that three to five days is not enough, it may be considered as a ray of light — corporates are at least becoming sensitive about the concept...'