NA Committee Approves Bill Allowing Fathers To Avail Paternity Leave
According the bill, the mother will get a six-month leave and the father will be eligible for a leave of one-month on the birth of their first child
WEB DESK: Good News for fathers. The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice has approved a bill allowing fathers to avail one-month paternity leave on the birth of their new child.
According the bill, the mother will get a six-month leave and the father will be eligible for a leave of one-month on the birth of their first child.
On the birth of the second child, the mother will get a four-month leave and the father will get a one-month leave.
The father will also get a one-month leave for their third child’s birth and the mother will get a three-month leave.
The bill states that the father will be able to get leave for the birth of the first three children only, while the bill will be applicable only in Islamabad.
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