As part of a job switch I am undergoing, I received a helpful brochure in the mail today regarding California’s paid leave law. It made me stunningly happy. (The brochure is reproduced here, to the left. If you want one for your own wall, you can download the PDF.)
It doesn’t make me happy because I expect to need to use paid leave. I hope that my family remains healthy and that my vasectomy holds and that I never have to take advantage of the law. No, the brochure makes me happy because of the five images in the brochure, three include men and two feature what appear to be fathers.
I’ve long argued that guys should be using paid leave at a much higher level, and that taking two or three days for the birth of a kid shortchanges everyone. So I am absolutely thrilled to see that the State of California has chosen to depict those who use paid leave as they should be, not as they actually are.
