, offering all employees 26 weeks of fully paid leave to be taken in the first year of their child’s life. Aviva like Etsy, Aviva also provide a ‘gender blind’ policy, offering 26 weeks leave on full basic pay, regardless of a parents gender or sexual orientation, or whether they’ve given birth orVodafone offers expectant parents 16 weeks of fully paid maternity leave, and a further six months of working a reduced 30-hour week on full pay.
As a father of two, Richard Stone, MD of Stone Junction PR, understands just how important maternity leave is for families; "Having a child is a serious thing, so we focus primarily on inclusion, equality, and respect. That said we do offer to Keep In Touch days, access to professional parenting advice, optionalRichard also appreciates why there’s an increasing number of fathers that crave further access to paternity leave;
"Paternity leave applies irrespective of gender, naturally, but crucially also irrespective of biological relationship to the child.