The French insurer Axa announced on Tuesday that it would increase the duration of “fully paid joint parental leave” from 4 to 8 weeks as part of a program intended for all its employees around the world and called “We care”.
“In addition to the 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for primary parents, the We Care program also provides for the doubling of the duration of fully paid joint parental leave, from 4 to 8 weeks,” said a press release.
Increasingly common initiatives
Other companies shared similar human resources policies last month. The Veolia group announced on September 11 a “common base of social protection” for all of its 213,000 employees around the world, including parental leave, support for caregivers and the possibility of devoting one day per year to a charity. charitable or focused on environmental protection.
On September 18, Safran announced an agreement promoting a “framework of kindness around parenthood at work”, with for example a reduction in working time during pregnancy (one hour per day from the announcement of the pregnancy and 20 % of weekly working time from the fifth month). The Axa group has 145,000 employees worldwide, present in 51 countries.