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The Cabinet is giving serious consideration to a request from the bargaining agent of the Non-Established workers in the Government\u2019s employ, to grant paternity leave to fathers when a new infant is birthed by their wives or live-in girlfriends.\u00a0<\/p>

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This benefit has already been bestowed on workers in another Government agency, by negotiation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The short leave is intended to ensure that both mother and child can bond with the father, allowing him to spend more time than usual with the newborn and mother shortly after birth. <\/p>

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The Cabinet is giving serious consideration to a request from the bargaining agent of the Non-Established workers in the Government\u2019s employ, to grant paternity leave to fathers when a new infant is birthed by their wives or live-in girlfriends.\u00a0 This benefit has already been bestowed on workers in another Government agency, by negotiation. 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