Also give the "daddies" a maternity leave

The burden of child-rearing, in many traditional families, is often weighed down on the role of mother. According to the "2021 Working Mothers Survival Survey Report" from 511, some married women who have children are currently under the pressure of conflict between work and family, and it is not easy to do a good job in their work and balance family, children and individuals at the same time."

In a family, the mother is the earth, the father is the tree, and the child is the bud. The harmony and happiness of the family and the happy growth of the children are inseparable from the joint efforts of every member of the family. The good news is that "men and women bear the responsibility of childcare" is being widely called for by society, allowing men to enjoy ultra-long maternity leave and raise children together, which has become a good start.

Men and women share extra-long maternity leave

Don't be afraid to be a mother who "carries her baby alone"

"After giving birth, my mother was taking care of me and the baby 24 hours a day. Asking her husband to help, he actually said that he didn't know how to take care of the children and couldn't help. "When Xiaolei, a woman in the workplace, communicates with her husband to take turns to take the baby, she hears her husband's anger not coming," he said why make both people mentally in a bad state, he still has to work during the day, and I can rest at home." He also said that taking care of children is more understandable to women, and he is a big man who does not understand these things at all. ”

I believe this is the helplessness of some postpartum mothers. Changing diapers, making complementary foods, making milk powder, hiccups, and coaxing babies to sleep are simple to say, but tiring to do. Some mothers are bumping into bumps and bumps, and gradually grow into "dark circles" superwomen.

How can we care for the physical and mental health of postpartum mothers? Perhaps letting the "dads" also take maternity leave together is a feasible research direction.

On April 1, 2021, Volvo Cars implemented the long maternity leave measures for both men and women around the world, and appropriately gave employees humanistic care. The policy shows that employees who have been employed at Volvo Cars for one year will have maternity leave benefits for a total of up to six months, during which Volvo Cars will provide employees with not less than 80% of the basic salary, and both male and female employees can enjoy it.

Allowing men and women to share maternity leave is undoubtedly effective in alleviating the pressure of manpower needs for family childcare. "The data show that women's postpartum depression often occurs within 1 to 3 months after childbirth, and it is very good for the physical and mental health of women and children to have the escort of their husbands during this period." Lawyer Li Shufan of Hebei Langyu Law Firm said. What's more, modern women, in addition to childcare, also face the pressure of workplace promotion and reemployment due to the impact of childcare.

In the survey report, 51job mentioned that a healthier and fairer system should be given to working mothers, although employers have set up more care facilities and benefits for working women than in the early years, but the overall workplace environment of society is still not friendly enough for the promotion and development of working mothers. Li Shufan expressed support for "men and women enjoying the same period of maternity leave", because "when men and women share maternity leave, there is no such thing as individual companies discriminating against a certain gender because of maternity leave." ”

The exemplary "employer" Volvo Cars also shared a similar insight: "Extra-long maternity leave has a significant role in promoting gender equality in the workplace and promoting harmony and diversity in the team." Thanks to the undifferentiated maternity leave policy, candidates for career promotion are more fair in their risk assessment and more favorable to women. ”

Share parenting responsibilities

Listen to the tearful feelings of the "Daddies" laughing

In 2017, in her capacity as the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, Anne Hathaway gave a speech at the United Nations March 8 Women's Day event, from the perspective of women, described the current situation of unpaid maternity leave after childbirth for women, and the plight of men who had no maternity leave to ask for, and called for paid maternity leave for men. She said, "When a family ushers in a new life, do not put all the responsibility on the mother, the father should also be more with the child, eliminating the concept of men raising the family and women taking care of the family." ”

At home and abroad, giving men paid maternity leave is still something that many people dare not imagine. But once a man has up to 6 months of extra-long paid maternity leave and can have children with his wife, what will happen to the family?

Last year, Volvo Cars also shared their laughter and tearful stories through videos of 16 "dads." These "dads" are talking about the company's "paid maternity leave for men and women" initiative to change themselves and their families —

Some fathers, from "I didn't really change my own diapers once", became the "chef" who cooked vegetables at home, and the little expert with the baby alone.

Some fathers, from "missing his first kindergarten", to now not only accompany Dabao to do homework, but also accompany the newborn Erbao to play for most of the day to witness the subtle changes in the baby's growth.

There are also fathers, from sour spitting out "children kiss their mothers a little", to now "painful and happy" every day by their children to skate and play ball together.

At the end of the video, the fathers reveal their true feelings in front of the camera, expressing gratitude, guilt and love to the child's mother: "Mom is very difficult and hard, we should take on the responsibility of being a father." ”

Scientific and healthy parenting, men should share the responsibility.

Although the video shows the true feelings of some of the "paid maternity leave" fathers, these feelings are like the wings of butterflies, and this decision is changing the family. "Co-ed maternity leave" not only allows these dads to really "put down their jobs" and have the space to carry their babies and enjoy the warmth of the family, but also let them quickly grow into a tree that supports their children, wives and families.

It is also thanks to this warm corporate welfare policy that women can eliminate many worries about childbirth and enjoy the joy of becoming a mother.

For employers, the long maternity leave enjoyed by men and women is undoubtedly positive for the development of enterprises. As the first company to promote the sharing of maternity leave for men and women, Volvo began to "test" in 2019. Surveys after piloting maternity leave policies among employees in Europe, the Middle East and Africa showed that when employees returned from maternity leave, all employees were very happy, more identified with the company's values and culture, more loyal and engaged, and more enthusiastic. As a result, Volvo boldly promoted this maternity leave policy globally in 2021. "The sharing of maternity leave between men and women is more helpful for the humanistic thinking and empathy of the team to maintain consistency." Volvo Cars said.

Love and life

None of them can be easily disappointed

This year marks the first anniversary of Volvo Car's global implementation of the "Unethro-edsay Maternity Leave Policy", which has undoubtedly become one of the best gifts that Volvo Car Company has given to its employees. Start with responsibility and be loyal to service. In practicing "love and life are indispensable", Volvo Cars has demonstrated its active initiatives to promote humanistic sustainability and truly implemented a corporate culture that values the family.

It is no surprise that Volvo Cars can lead by example in this regard, after all, the brand's values have always been so. Born in Sweden, Northern Europe, Volvo Cars inherits the local cultural tradition of reverence for nature and respect for life, and is very good at proposing innovative inventions that improve people's lives.

Hanna Fager, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Volvo Car Group, has said that Volvo Cars attaches great importance to the balanced development of employees' families and careers. All volvo cars take people as the starting point and adhere to the people-oriented approach.

Under the care of the Volvo brand, every woman can become a great mother who gives warmth and love to her children, and at the same time can be a happy wife surrounded by warmth and love.

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【Source: Guangzhou Daily】