Paid special leave: SAP doesn’t want to give fathers weeks off

The software company SAP The multi-week leave of absence for fathers promised for this year will be postponed after the birth of a child. “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.

Europe’s largest software company had announced in September last year, fathers or partners of mothers wanting to take six weeks of paid leave after the birth of a child. The exemption should begin in 2024.

took place at the beginning of the year SAP then surprisingly returned the announcement and referred to the federal government, which had not yet implemented legal plans for a partner break. The group therefore wants to “review” its own plans, said a spokesman in January. Now they have been completely painted.

The legal plans of the Federal Government The introduction of paid time off after the birth of a child for the parent who does not enjoy maternity leave is making slow progress. Federal Minister for Family Affairs Lisa Paus (Greens) has announced several times that they want 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. Up to now, fathers who want to take paid time off after the birth of a child either have to take vacation or take 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.