Facebook introduces four-month parental leave for all employees

Policy that will affect new fathers and people in same-sex relationships comes after CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced he will take two months leave

Facebook is introducing four-month parental leave for all new fathers, days after Mark Zuckerberg announced he would be taking two months of leave for the birth of his first child.

Facebook's new parental leave policy extends the four-month leave option that was already available to some employees - such as current head of search Tom Stocky, who took four months off following the birth of his child in 2013 - to every full-time employee of the company, regardless of gender or location.