Finland's Minister of Social Affairs and Health Aino-Kaisa Pekonen holds a news conference on the family leave reform in Helsinki, Finland February 5, 2020. Lehtikuva/Vesa Moilanen
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's woman-led centre-left government plans to nearly double the length of paternity leave to give new fathers the same amount of paid time off work as new mothers, it announced on Wednesday.
Paid paternity leave will be extended to nearly seven months, in line with maternity leave. Around half can be given to the other parent.
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