More men take paternity leave

One-fifth of men legally allowed to take paternity leave have taken advantage of the two-week allowable absence from work in order to take care of their newborn children. This amounts to 120,000 men on paternity between January and November of 2014. Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reported that demographers are noticing a shift in traditional parenting roles. The policies may also influence the gap between women's and men's wages. Employers will get used to both men and women taking time off of work to take care of their children, according to Małgorzata Starczewska-Krzysztoszek of the Lewiatan Confederation. Parental leave in Poland for families with newborn children have been prolonged in the last eight years to an optional leave of over one year.