… also had a strong focus on raising the awareness of fathers, promoting new reconciliation models in the workplace and enabling women to work by developing fathers’ awareness and skills. Activities included a database … a competition on employers’ good practices, workshops for fathers, radio and TV programmes and information leaflets. …
… 2002 had a generous leave policy for parents – but few fathers took up the leave. The company campaign “A hug from Daddy” aimed to raise awareness amongst fathers and has led to a large increase in fathers taking leave. Fathers get up to ten weeks of paid …
… Although Austria’s legal framework allows and encourages fathers to take parental leave, the share of men taking up … to the issue, and co-workers need to show flexibility. Fathers themselves have to have the courage to take leave. … therefore conclude that PR and role models (companies and fathers who provide positive examples) are particularly …