https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 25 May 2026 05:52:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-830330 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:44:23 +0000 mediagirl 830330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is SO COOL! My husband's company offers 12 weeks of paternity leave but none of it is paid and they don't have the option of short term disability like a woman who has the child would. What a great perk. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657531 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:55:37 +0000 Mrs. Pen 657531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's amazing! I'm very jealous! DH had to use vacation time to even get a week :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657526 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:54:05 +0000 hellobeeboston 657526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow, that is incredible! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657520 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:51:01 +0000 LindsayInNY 657520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH works in New Jersey which, as a state, mandates paternity leave! His boss is a workaholic and having his first kid in May. I doubt he'll take much leave but you better believe DH will be! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657509 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:47:09 +0000 kjpugs 657509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's great!!! I am hoping DH will have paternity leave. I've asked him to check but I'm sure you can guess how that goes -__- He works for a HUGEEEEEEE company so it might take some asking around too. If not, he works 10 hour days so he could do both 3 day weekends in a row for 6 days off. He usually works 5 days but he could work 4 without an issue. It's annoying having to figure this out, I agree I wish the US was more progressive with parental leaves! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657489 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:39:38 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 657489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657457 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:28:02 +0000 MrsRoo 657457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's so awesome! DH has to use vacation time, and my "leave" is all unpaid. It's nice to see some companies heading in a better direction! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657390 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:15:40 +0000 littlek 657390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is great! My DH's company has a very generous paid paternity leave (90 days) but he doesn't get to take it all because of work demands. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657337 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:03:30 +0000 avivoca 657337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is so great! I need to tell DH to look into his leave policy. His company is based in Canada, but I don't know what the American offices get in terms of leave. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657308 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:56:01 +0000 Alivoo01 657308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's awesome!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657295 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:51:38 +0000 kiddosc 657295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's awesome! DH works for a huge global company that just rolled out a 2 week parental leave last year right before E was born. It's great that Dads could get 2 weeks off, at 100%, but I think also kind of crappy that Moms only got 2 weeks of paid leave. Especially since this company is required to pay for maternity leave in other countries. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657292 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:51:27 +0000 Foodnerd81 657292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow-- that really is impressive! DH gets, like, 2 weeks, paid, so it's not nothing, and honestly he probably wouldn't take that much more anyway, but what you describe is really great. </p> <p>@Sprite: BTW, I really love your avatar. It makes me happy every time I see it :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657273 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:45:32 +0000 cheert16 657273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>thats awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657272 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:45:31 +0000 BSB 657272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657267 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:44:30 +0000 DillonLion 657267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow!! That's great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-husbands-company-now-offers-paid-paternity-leave#post-657265 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:43:42 +0000 Sprite 657265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just had to share, because I'm still marveling at how awesome and progressive it is, given the crappy leave policies most US companies seem to offer!</p> <p>My husband is a partner at a small company (no longer a "start up" because they've been around a while now, but similar environment), and just yesterday they rolled out a paternity leave policy! And it's better than what I'll even get for maternity leave from my company, which is kind of crazy. He will get 4 weeks at 50% pay, and up to 10 weeks off total, which, considering he doesn't get paid vacation days, is pretty huge. I'm not sure he'll take the whole 10 weeks off, and might work part time in his home office, but it's definitely a nice option for us to consider when the time comes!</p> <p>I'm so proud of my husband's company, and him, because he helped push out the new policy, along with another partner who is going to be a first time dad in July. I just wish (as I'm sure we all do) that American companies could all be so supportive of new parents. And not just for maternity leave, paternity leave is important too, and so often gets overlooked! </p>