"they’ve left their teeny 6 week old baby in nursery to pay the mortgage etc…" As someone living in Denmark, this really blows my mind. In no way should a 6 week old baby be in a nursery. Here the norm would be 6 months to a year before they see any kind of nursery/daycare.
I'm lucky enough to be Canadian and we've had universal parental leave for some time now, though not at full pay. Of my group of 5 close families, all of them ended up taking some form of parental leave. One parent was initially told no by her company before she pointed out that the government enforced this and the company couldn't say no.<p>Most did things like rent a house somewhere else and stay for 2-3 weeks. All of them still rave bout this as being some of the best times of lives. If you do ever get the chance to do this, I recommend doing it with another couple in the same situation so you have a built in baby sitter so you can go out to diner without having to worry about who is watching your new born.<p>Just to show the other side, one of my friends sent out this article below to highlight the downside of parental leave. As this becomes more common, I think companies will learn but it can still be a sticky topic.<p><a href="http://www.canadianbusiness.com/business-strategy/the-dark-side-of-maternity-leave/" rel="nofollow">http://www.canadianbusiness.com/business-strategy/the-dark-s...</a>
Am I reading this correct ? 12 weeks of paid paternity leave. My jaw is still hanging :) (Maternity leave is awesome too but its already more than 22 weeks in the country I live).
While some gap in paid maternity vs paternity leave is permissible as women uniquely have to recover from a childbirth (considered short-term disability), courts have found 6-weeks as the typical recovery time and thus the typical allowed difference in maternity/paternity leave duration [1]. Nvidia's clearly understands this issue - adoptive and foster parents parents receive the same leave as paternity (no disability for these groups of course).<p>How are they've overcoming the legal issues around offering a 10-week difference in maternity/paternity leave?<p>[1] <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/business/attitudes-shift-on-paid-leave-dads-sue-too.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/business/attitudes-shift-o...</a>
This is really awesome! Good for you nvidia! As a dad it sucks typically getting such low amounts of time off simply because I wasn't the one who gave birth when I want to bond with the baby as well as help my wife with anything I can. The last two times we had a baby they were at companies where I had to take vacation time to cover my time off (I was only able to take a little over a week off the last time).
The American company I work for gives 24 weeks (6 months) of both maternity and paternity paid leave, more if you need it. As a single guy I'm a bit envious, but at least I get a 3 month paid sabbatical every 5 years plus unlimited time off.<p>I'm surprised more companies don't do this.
Well if you like vacation or planning to have a child, you should get a job in Sweden.<p><a href="https://sweden.se/quickfact/parental-leave/" rel="nofollow">https://sweden.se/quickfact/parental-leave/</a>
According to NVIDIA's glassdoor, they have a thing where you can ask any time to take time off for any amount of time. It means you have to stress out about negotiation, according to reviews.<p>This seems to be a stark contrast between the normal policy!
This is obviously a nice gesture by Nvidia but I always wonder how can it be legal to have different amounts for father/mothers? Are there no laws on discrimination based on sex in the US?
I doubt it's related, but today NVIDIA's stock price is down 2.4%. I don't remember it falling down that much in intraday for a while.<p>I don't know who took this decision to just give away money and free time to employees, and maybe it's good PR after all, but I do hope this is not announcing a trend.