Starting January 2018, male employees of Access Bank can take advantage of an enhanced parental leave policy that extends paid benefits to all mothers and fathers, the bank has said.
Fostering an inclusive workplace, the policy offers paid leave to all new parents at the bank, including mothers and fathers, as well as adoptive and surrogate parents
According to a statement by the leader, the new policy offer one week fully paid paternity leave to male employees and allow them to care for their offspring and spend some quality time with the new addition to their family while supporting the new policy is a surrogacy or adoptive leave with full pay for three calendar months for female employee of the bank
“These benefits supplement the 12 weeks of paid leave Access Bank currently provides to birth mothers. The policy also complements the Bank’s exiting health and flexible workplace benefits, which support work-life balance,” the statement signed by Head, Group Human Resources, Bolaji Agbede