New proposal to extend paternity and maternity leave
Bringing a new child to the world is one of the most wonderful moments of life, there are still minutes to take advantage of it and enjoy it the way you want. This attention to babies is sometimes cut off by the work of the parents, since unfortunately the demands of working life force after a time living the experience of having a new child, you have to return to work.
Precisely this is what criticizes the Platform for Equal and Untransferable Permits of Birth and Adoption, PPiiNA, which considers that the time that the Law stipulates for paternity leave is not enough. For this reason, they have presented a proposal with the idea of transforming it into a bill so that this time left to fathers and mothers to take care of their newborn children will increase over the years.
Paternity and maternity leave of 9 months in 5 years
The idea of PPiiNA is that Within five years, paternity and maternity leave will be extended to nine months between the two. That is to say, the objective is not other than adding the time that the Law leaves to the parents and the one that is granted to the mothers, the three trimesters are reached so that the care of the babies is greater than the one that the legislation allows to day of today.
Currently, lThe law allows parents about two weeks as paternity leave and maternity leave is 16 weeks for mothers. PPiiNA meanwhile propose that in a first step with their proposal the parents' permission is extended until six weeks, that is, a month and a half non-transferable. After one year, this time would increase in another two weeks and five years later.e reach 16 weeks just like mothers.
The implementation of this proposal to extend paternity leave would mean an increase in State investment over six years to reach 1,400 million euros. All with the purpose of implementing the increase of parental permission that like other rights such as holidays or unemployment should be "personal" and non-transferable.
The importance of the father in the care of the baby
Proposals such as PPiiNA put on the table again the important role that man has once the child is born. A very important figure both during pregnancy, since the father becomes a fundamental support for the pregnant during this time, as once the baby comes home. And is that the father also has a crucial role in both the care of the newborn and the mother in the hard trance that is the postpartum.
East Postpartum period encompasses following six weeks after birth. During this time, the father must ensure that the home does not become a source of stress for his partner during this period of recovery, if the newborn has siblings, the father should make them understand how life is going to change from now on. At the same time you should help as much as possible because the baby receives the necessary care because a newborn requires a lot of attention that can not be given by a single mother.
In this way an increase in paternity leave could have benefits not only in the upbringing of the child, but a greater presence of the man at home during the upbringing of the baby helps the mother to overcome the problems that can be found both physically and emotionally. the delivery
Damián Montero
