As major companies have moved in recent years to offer more-generous benefits to accommodate parents, some firms are shifting to gender-neutral policies that offer fathers just as much time off as mothers.
Deloitte, Cisco and TIAA are some of the major companies that have made the change.
The shift reflects a changing understanding of what parental leave is supposed to be about. The traditional view, reflected in the Family Medical Leave Act, is that mothers should have time off following a pregnancy to recuperate from giving birth and to care for an infant in the first weeks of life.
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