Paternity leave ASAP

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Negotiations at the Public Service Bargaining Council have revealed that male civil servants are not entitled to paternity leave, and stakeholders, particularly workers have called for the introduction of such.

In negotiating their working conditions, civil servants also suggested that the leave should be at least two weeks long, and cover three births for both married and unmarried men.

We have taken too long to introduce paternity leave and things should move faster in the right direction to boost the huge strides our country has made in the area of gender equality.

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