Fancy taking parental leave of six months?

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In Singapore, fathers are entitled to two weeks paid paternity leave, while mothers get 16 weeks of paid maternity leave. PHOTO: ST FILE
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Unlike the vast majority of fathers in Singapore, Briton Jim Butcher, 44, had six months parental leave on full pay when his youngest child, Lucy, was born.

Like all employees of Spotify around the world, the director of communications for Asia-Pacific is entitled to take this parental leave - as a whole or split into smaller periods of time - up to his child's third birthday.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 27, 2018, with the headline Fancy taking parental leave of six months?. Subscribe