Great Britain: Aviva’s parental leave for second parents program proves successful

Introduced just a year ago (c.f. article No. 10475) Aviva’s second parent parental leave program that allows all employees who become parents regardless of gender to take a fixed period of paid leave has proved particularly popular among fathers in the five countries across which the program has been initially deployed (paid leave of 10 weeks in France, 26 weeks in the UK, 12 weeks in Canada, 18 weeks in Ireland, and 16 weeks in Singapore). Aviva’s leap of faith seems to have worked, at least in the UK (in terms of the numbers) and the insurer now hopes that its concept of ‘equal pay parental leave’ will become commonplace.

Through . Published on 21 November 2018 à 12h20 - Update on 21 November 2018 à 12h20

Over the course of 10 and ½ months 729 Aviva staff members have taken up the new Aviva parental leave program, 496 of whom work in the UK, and of these 228 fathers took up the option.…

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