Baker McKenzie Mexico introduces new parental leave policy

Baker McKenzie has announced a new parental leave and flexible work policy for its more than 450 employees in Mexico, extending paternal and maternal leave and introducing flexible and remote working arrangements. 



The Family Leave policy creates equal benefits for all parents, irrespective of gender or sexual orientation, allowing employees 12 weeks’ leave with a 100 per cent salary on the birth or adoption of a child, while mothers are entitled to a further 12 weeks during pregnancy while receiving a percentage of their salary. 

The flexible work policy, called bAgile, allows for flexibility of working hours to promote family well-being.

Raymundo E. Enríquez, the firm’s managing partner in Mexico, said: “We are onvnced that quality of life is of great relevance for the talent within companies, and we beieve that flexibility is one of the key elements towards maintaining a better balance between personal and professional life, creating work environments that are more pleasant and more productive.” 



The bActive program allows for remote working, flexible and shorter hours, and absence of leave. 



“With this kind of policies, not only do we want to demonstrate to our talent that we celebrate their diversity, but we also want to promote actions that, in the short term, help to reduce inequality and discrimination, for any motive, in the environment of professional development in this country,” according to Tatiana Escribano, head of the firm’s diversity and inclusion committee in Mexico.