Father futures: how gender equality and parental leave differs between the sexes in Canada

Liberal Western economies, such as Northern European nations, Canada and New Zealand are quickly and decidedly moving toward a more gender-balanced approach to parental leave. Discriminatory practices against mothers are now being highlighted and challenged, such as with the UK's approach to force all organizations with 250 members of staff or more to publish their gender pay gap, are helping to articulate the message that it is no longer acceptable to punish those who choose to have children. While there can be an economic impact to an organization who has to pay for an employee to be absent because of...