[dragonwriter]

> I'm glad to see paternity leave included and given equal weight to maternity. So many employers don't offer this important benefit.

Really? What employer doesn't offer family leave on equal terms? Certainly, this used to be quite common, but every place I've seen for many years has explicitly been equal.

[rmordoff]

The link references an article about yahoo that states yahoo and google give more time off for maternity leave (the article is from 2013 so it may have changed since then).

"Yahoo will give mothers after the birth of a child from 8 weeks to 16 weeks. Fathers of newborns will get 8 weeks paid leave. Google gives mothers five months off and fathers seven weeks off." http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-doubles-the-len...

[raldi]

Google gives non-birth-mother parents 12 weeks of paid parental leave if they're the primary or equal caregiver during that time.

For example, if you work at Google and both you and your wife work full time, and then she has a baby (or you adopt) and you'd like to both stay home to be equal caregivers, you get 12 weeks of paid leave with basically no questions asked.