Hotel Grants Paternal Leave To Its Employees

Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra has become the pacesetters in formalizing the granting of paternal leave for its male employees.

The hotel has also introduced a comprehensive scholarship for wards of employees. The scholarship facility enables beneficiaries to benefit fully at the Junior Secondary, Senior Secondary and the university levels. According to the Personnel and Training Manager of the Golden Tulip, Mr Kodjo Hazel the paternal leave was first introduced into the company's Collective Agreement in 1998 with the granting of two days to male employees to enable them support their wives soon after they had given birth. This he said has been increased to five days.

Mr Hazel explained that the leave was introduced for employees to appreciate their wives because the perception of the hotel's management is that a "real Golden Tulip man" should not just be interested in money into his pocket but must equally be interested in spending quality time with the wife.

On the scholarship scheme, the Personnel Manager explained that a committee of both management and Union would vet applications for the facility. He said the committee would not be very hard on applicants because the basic idea is to encourage wards of employees to go to school".