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What if the change came from the private sector? While for months, voices have risen to ask the government to extend the paternity leave, some companies take the lead. The luxury group Kering, which owns houses such as Gucci, Balenciaga or Saint-Laurent, announced Tuesday the introduction of a parental leave of 14 weeks for young fathers, paid 100% by the company, when law offers them only 11 days. But he is not the only one to look into the case of dads.
Still rare, this trend to extend paternity leave is growing in fact in more and more companies. Employees of Ubisoft France or Ikea are entitled to one month, for example. Aviva Insurance Group is one of the first to extend paternity leave to 10 weeks in 2017.
A change of mentality
"We discover in two the first moments of the child.This is not reported by the spouse in the evening.We live together, and it is important," says Europe 1 a manager at Aviva. Before leaving, this young father had reorganized the team's tasks, and on his return nothing had changed ... or almost. "We often tend to say that mothers are exchanging pictures of their children, I am the first to show pictures of my daughter to my colleagues and to exchange baby bottle or diaper change tips. talk about football, "he smiles.
But not all fathers are taking advantage of paternity leave. In two years, only 55 have used this right, out of 90 births. "It has uninhibited the subject, and the parents.We are not about presenteeism, but about performance and competence", however, argues with Europe 1 Sylvie Carter, director of well-being at Aviva. The insurance company ensures that it is now a real plus in its recruitment.