# HR Says Women Dominate Caregiving Leave

> HR executives claim women take more leave for care, but workers say men do.
- Title: HR Says Women Dominate Caregiving Leave · Inc | Shortify
- Summary: HR executives claim women take more leave for care, but workers say men do. HR managers overestimate women taking leave for family care, while employees…
- Keywords: caregiving leave, gender disparity, workplace leave, employee survey, data discrepancy, Women, Dominate, Caregiving, Leave, Inc
- Source: Inc — https://inc.com/bruce-crumley/hr-says-women-dominate-caregiving-leave-the-data-shows-men-do/91423271
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- Topics: hr, caregiving leave, gender disparity, workplace leave, employee survey, data discrepancy
## HR executives' gender misconception
HR executives surveyed claim women take more leave for family care than men.

> The 509 executives surveyed consistently declared that women more frequently took personal leave from work than men
## Employee survey contradicts HR claims
501 employees reported the opposite: men take more leave for family care than women.

> The 501 employees who were also polled reported the exact opposite
## Physical health leave discrepancy
HR said 60% women take leave for physical health, but employees reported 41% women and 71% men.

> When asked the gender breakdown of employee who take leave to attend to a loved one’s physical health, hr officials put those rates at 60 percent for women and 6 percent of men
## Mental health leave gap
HR overestimated men taking leave for mental health care, with 71% men versus 41% women.

> But when workers themselves were question, the proportions were reversed with 41 percent of women and 71 percent of men saying they had taken time off for that reason
## Self-care leave rates
HR claimed 34% women take leave for self-care, but employees reported 27% men and 23% women.

> Executives said 34 percent of women employees took leave to care for their physical health, versus 14 percent of men
## Parental leave misconception
HR managers significantly overestimated women taking leave for new parents.

> HR managers were even off target when it came to leave by new parents
## Data shows gender gap in leave
The Standard survey reveals HR executives have large gender misconceptions about leave patterns.

> Data published by portland-based insurance and financial services firm the standard revealed many hr managers have become deluded when it comes to staff leaves of absence
## Key takeaway

HR managers overestimate women taking leave for family care, while employees report higher male participation.