On Sunday, September 27, Swiss voters approved a referendum for ten days of paid paternal leave set to begin January 1, 2021. Prior to the referendum, a single day off was given to fathers. The significance of this vote is that Switzerland is the last Western European nation to provide paid paternity leave. Switzerland has normally been behind the region on advancing gender equality as women got the right to vote in 1971 and married women no longer needed permission from their husband to work outside of domestic responsibilities since 1988. The details of the referendum include that fathers will be required to earn at least 80% of their normal salaries but companies have discretion to extend the paternity leave or increase the percentage of normal salaries earned.
https://thehill.com/regulation/labor/518505-switzerland-votes-to-create-nationwide-paternity-leave
By Luke Joiner
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