As the HR director for a medium sized business with 800 employees, you've been asked by the CEO to draft a paternity leave policy. At present, new moms get up to 8 weeks off with pay and an option for another 4 weeks without pay. New dads are informally allowed to take up to a week off. After doing some research, you find that about 85% of new dads take one or two weeks off with the birth of a new baby. But few new dads take more than that, even when it's available because of a variety of worries about their careers and job security.
What is your plan for drafting this new paternity leave policy?
How will you go about getting good information and making sure the new policy is a good fit with your organization and its employees?
What is you plan for making sure new dads take full advantage of the new policy and are not afraid to use it?