Can anyone describes feelings of a men when he becomes father, I think no one
can explain his feelings better then him, it was an extraordinary feeling of
holding his child first time in his hands, pamper him, he thought of making his
child life comfortable as much as he can, it was just few thoughts, there are
uncountable thoughts coming in his mind at that time, but this policy makers
and society never ever try to understand feelings of a men, they just think
that men are emotionless are they are made for economic and social security of society
not more than that, and they are responsible for every bad thing happen in life
of others. No, absolutely not, that is not true, men have countless emotions
for everyone and especially for his child, no matter it’s a boy or a girl, both
are similar for him. This society has diminish the image of men. Policy makers didn’t
even care that if women is becoming mother after her child is born then
similarly men is also become father after his child is born. They have given
advantage of maternal leave to women but not paternal leave to men
According to a new law in U.K, father and mother both are
able to share 50 weeks of paternal leave. But in India, the situation remains
the same, as dad didn’t get paternity leave in private sector, and if we talk
about central government job- dads get only token week-long leave when they
become proud parents, while women are granted as long as six months of paid
maternity leave in private sector. Given the rising demand of work-life balance,
where daily commute consumes several hours of an employee’s day, stress levels
are high. Revising the paternity leave policy would result in helping the
Indian Corporate to attract and retain talent.
What about dads who choose to adopt a child without a
partner? Short of quitting their jobs, there is no avenue for them to spend quality
time with their children.
There is absolutely no legal support for the concept of
paternity leave on par with maternity leave. Presently, there is no law
mandating paternity leave for male employees in private sector, like the
Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 for all female employees. Interestingly, the All
India Services Act, 1951, which regulates the service conditions of persons
appointed to the civil service grant 15 days of paternity leave to its male
employees. However, this applies only to the persons serving in the Indian
Administrative Service, Indian Police Service and other elite government offices.
However, there is a silver lining, recently as Delhi High Court upholding paternity
leave of 15 days to a male employee of a private school in New Delhi when the
male employee challenged his salary deduction for the period when he is on
paternity leave. Thus, India, although on a small scale, has acknowledged the
need for paternity leave for male employees.
[Reference: - TOI]
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