The social networking giant will offer four months of paid paternity leave to its full-time male employees around the world starting in January, an increase from four weeks.
At four months of paid leave during a child's first year and a $4,000 "new child benefit," Facebook's parental benefits are among the best in the U.S.

Increased paid parental leave has become an area of focus among companies looking to recruit and retain top talent, particularly in the tech world.
Earlier this year, Netflix started offering its employees unlimited paid time off until their child's first birthday and Amazon recently upped its maternity leave to 20 weeks from eight weeks while dads gets six weeks.