Helping Dads Helps Families
Nestlé’s Parent Support Policy empowers male employees and benefits entire families
Aug 7, 2017 9:45 AM ET
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Nestlé Parent Support Policy
With four grown children and fifth child approaching her teenage years, Shawn found himself last year in an unexpected role for a man his age: The primary caretaker of a newborn child.
A 20-year Nestlé veteran, Shawn and his wife stepped back up to the parenting plate when one of their adult children faced unexpected issues days after giving birth. Utilizing Nestlé’s Parent Support Policy, Shawn took 10 weeks of paid family leave to care for his new grandson, Kaiden.
“If the Parent Support Policy hadn’t been available, I don’t know what we would have done,” says Shawn. “Kaiden would have had to enter foster care, or one of us would have had to quit our jobs.”
