It is ludicrous for employers to have to pay staff for weeks' worth of unproductive time just because the employee had a baby. If women want to compete against men in the workplace, then they have to play by the same rules.
And no, the answer is NOT to pay "paternity leave." That is simply pandering to the lowest common denominator.
Would they get paid for all three months they are off, do you know?
I had double hernia surgery and my boss pressured me to be back after a long weekend, though I had trouble walking.
This is the only `clinker’ in his SOTU address, maybe one or two more in an otherwise outstanding speech.
(Upside, I have a bulletproof kevlar groin now, heh.)
Paternity leave should be available for all fathers to the exact same extent that maternity leave is available for all mothers based on an equal right to parenting time.