Agreement on longer paternity leave for Spanish civil servants

Labour unions and the Spanish government have signed an agreement to gradually extend the length of paternity leave for civil servants. It increases leave from 5 to 8 weeks at the beginning of this year, then to 12 weeks in 2020 and to 16 weeks in 2021. The government wanted to create a social pact for the future by helping to eradicate the gap between the careers of men and women after the birth of a child.