Microsoft employees to have 4 weeks paid leave

New Delhi, April 22: The Tech giant Microsoft India has announced four weeks of paid caregiver leave for employees who are looking after immediate family members with serious health conditions.

While coming to details, The family caregiver leave includes care of a spouse/domestic partner, parent/in-law, sibling, grandparent, child, etc. Last year, the company enhanced its maternity leave to 26 weeks and added to it surrogacy and adoption leave.

Male employees are also eligible for six weeks paternity leave which also covers parenthood through adoption.

The Microsoft's HR Head Ira Gupta said that ,"We want our policies to be inclusive and as empowering as they can be to allow our employees to do what they want to do as their family needs them.