Father's Leave Turns Out to be a Consideration for Male Workers When Choosing a Workplace

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"Father's Leave Turns Out to be a Consideration for Male Workers When Choosing a Workplace"

Dream - The involvement of fathers in Indonesia in terms of parenting often receives criticism. This is because many still adhere to the concept that the growth and development of children is the responsibility of the mother, as fathers are busy working to provide for the family.

Factually, children need balanced involvement of both father and mother in parenting for their psychological and cognitive development to flourish.

"Now, many fathers, especially from the millennial and Gen Z generations, are aware of the importance of being more involved in parenting. A survey conducted by Populix, a research company and provider of online survey platforms, revealed that the majority of workers (91%) say that the availability of adequate maternity/paternity leave affects their decision in choosing a workplace. This applies to both female and male workers. These results were obtained from a Populix survey of 683 workers, with only 9% of workers not considering the availability of adequate leave time when choosing a workplace."

The survey, which includes workers in Java, Sumatra, and several other islands, also found that not all companies have implemented maternity leave according to regulations.

According to the Job Creation Law, Article 82 paragraph (1) Law No. 13 of 2013, the total mandatory maternity leave to be given to workers is 3 months. There are 26% of workers who mentioned that maternity leave for mothers in their workplace is only 1 month, while 16% mentioned 2 months. Meanwhile, 56% of workers have received maternity leave in accordance with the provisions of the law, while the remaining 2 percent actually received maternity leave for more than 3 months.

Generally, workers believe that adequate leave is important for the well-being of mothers and babies (94%). Head of Social Research Populix, Vivi S Zabkie, said that there were almost no respondents who believed that adequate leave was not important for the well-being of women/mothers and their babies.

The following is the translation of the given text from 'Bahasa' to 'English' while preserving any HTML tags: "The survey results also revealed that maternity leave is considered to affect the performance of female employees (49%). The assessment of decreased performance generally comes from male employees."

"Fathers' Leave is Still Insufficient"

This survey also tests workers' opinions on paternity leave. Vivi said, through the survey, it is known that the duration of paternity leave for fathers generally ranges from 2-5 working days.

"This is likely because it refers to Article 93 paragraph (4) letter e of the Manpower Law, which mentions maternity leave or miscarriage, paid for 2 (two) days," said Vivi in a press release received by Dream. Even fathers are not able to enjoy paternity leave. 45% of workers say there is no paternity leave allowance in their workplace."

Then only 4 percent of companies provide maternity leave for fathers for more than 1 month. Maternity leave regulations currently stipulated in the Job Creation Law and the Manpower Law for male and female workers according to this survey are not enough for fathers.

Approximately 49% of respondents said that paternity leave is insufficient. Meanwhile, 74% believe that a 3-month maternity leave is sufficient. There are 15% who believe that the current amount of paternity and maternity leave is still insufficient. "In general, respondents agree that both fathers and mothers should have the right to take leave for childbirth because they both have equally important roles in childcare and support the well-being of the mother and baby," said Vivi.

The survey was conducted on formal workers from Java Island, Sumatra, and several other islands on February 22-25, 2024. Generally, the respondents were workers from the millennial and Gen Z generations with a nearly equal composition of males and females.

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