The software company SAP will not introduce the several weeks of leave for fathers after the birth of a child that was promised this year. “No, we are no longer planning any implementation,” a spokesman for the group told the dpa news agency. As a company with employees in 80 countries, “unfortunately it is not possible to provide an equal global solution at SAP,” the reason given was the reason.
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Europe’s largest software company announced last September that it would give fathers or partners of mothers six weeks of paid leave after the birth of a child. The exemption should begin in 2024.
At the beginning of the year, SAP surprisingly withdrew the announcement and referred to the federal government, which had not yet implemented legal plans for a partner sabbatical. The group therefore wants to “review” its own plans, said a spokesman in January. Now they have been completely painted.
The federal government’s legal plans to introduce paid time off after the birth of a child for parents who do not enjoy maternity leave are making slow progress. Federal Family Minister Lisa Paus (Greens) has announced several times that she wants to introduce this so-called “family start time”. It is an agreement from the coalition agreement between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP. There it says about the project, which also became known as “Fathers’ Time Out”: “We will introduce a two-week paid leave of absence for the partner after the birth of a child.”
This is intended to give fathers in particular, who are mostly affected, time to look after their mother and support her in her regeneration. Until now, fathers who want to take paid time off after the birth of a child have to either take vacation or go on parental leave and receive parental allowance. The Family Ministry says that the draft bill on fathers’ time off is still being discussed within the federal government.
The software company SAP will not introduce the several weeks of leave for fathers after the birth of a child that was promised this year. “No, we are no longer planning any implementation,” a spokesman for the group told the dpa news agency. As a company with employees in 80 countries, “unfortunately it is not possible to provide an equal global solution at SAP,” the reason given was.
Europe’s largest software company announced last September that it would give fathers or partners of mothers six weeks of paid leave after the birth of a child. The exemption should begin in 2024.