https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/mar/22/force-men-to-t...
Experts told parliament’s women and equalities committee inquiry that men should have the right to a period of paid leave allocated only to them to tackle a woefully low take-up rate which resulted in just one in 100 men requesting parental leave in the 12 months after the flagship policy was introduced in April 2015.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//...
REPORT
1 February 2010
on equality between women and men in the European Union – 2009
(2009/2101(INI))
EN: Maintains that paternity leave is an issue that needs to be addressed and calls on the Commission to support any moves to establish paternity-leave entitlement on a Europe-wide basis; believes that maternity leave should be linked to paternity leave so as to afford better protection to women on the labour market and in that way combat stereotypes within society regarding the uptake of leave in the latter category
RO: subliniază necesitatea de a aborda chestiunea concediului de paternitate și solicită Comisiei să sprijine orice demers care vizează introducerea unui concediu de paternitate la nivel european; consideră că concediul de maternitate trebuie asociat concediului de paternitate pentru a proteja mai bine femeile pe piața muncii și a combate astfel stereotipurile care există în societate în ceea ce privește folosirea acestui concediu

noun British
noun: take-up; noun: takeup
1. the acceptance of something offered.

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Textul contractului colectiv de munca nu conditioneaza acordarea drepturilor salariatului de nesolicitarea concediului si a indemnizatiei de catre celalalt parinte.

Adică tații au drept la concediu, însă nu îl solicită.