Paris (AFP)

The roughly 35,000 Kering employees in the world, both men and women, will receive a 14-week holiday entirely paid for by the luxury group, at the birth or adoption of a child, according to a statement on Tuesday.

Since 2017, the group, present in nearly 50 countries, granted its employees 14 weeks paid 100% of salary in the case of maternity leave or adoption, and 5 weeks in the case of a paternity leave or " partner".

From 1 January 2020, Kering will "extend the paternity leave or + partner + of all its employees in the world to 14 weeks.For now, with the + Leave Baby +, all parents without exception, and whatever their personal situation, will benefit from a common base of 14 weeks of leave paid 100% for the birth or adoption of one or more children ", it is specified.

The group of François-Henri Pinault - which evokes in the release a "parental pioneering policy" - does not communicate on the envelope devoted to these provisions. But they are more favorable than the vast majority of the legislation in force in the world concerning men, or in case of adoption.

For example, in France, fathers benefit from a birth leave of 3 days and paternity leave of 11 days. The adoption leave grants for its part 10 weeks, that it is possible to share between the parents.

Kering says he wants to "promote a better balance between professional and personal lives, and to promote equality between employees, women and men, regardless of their personal situation".

"By harmonizing the benefits granted to fathers and partners, we not only ensure that all our employees enjoy the same rights, and therefore equivalent time to spend with their families, but we also act in favor of women in the workplace. where women and men will be just as likely to take extended leave, "says Béatrice Lazat, Kering's Director of Human Resources.

This leave must be taken within six months of the birth of the child.

Women represent 60% of Kering's total workforce, as well as 51% of "managers", 31% of the executive committee and 60% of the board of directors.

The group recalls that it has "the goal of achieving gender parity and equal pay, at all levels of hierarchy by 2025".

In 2018, it achieved a turnover of 13.7 billion euros.

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