Ramirez will go on three-day paternity leave and Minnesota will make a roster move on Sunday.
More holidays, maternity and paternity leave, more frequent job rotation and share options also now feature.
Credit Suisse, for example, offers employee fathers up to 12 weeks paid paternity leave following childbirth or adoption.
Paternity leave is almost sashimi-rare on Capitol Hill, with many new fathers substituting sick leave or vacation time for leave.
Britain's coalition government, which markets itself as family-friendly and has already increased paternity leave, plans to do more for working parents.
The TUC general secretary, Brendan Barber, welcomed the change to paternity leave.
BBC: New paternity leave rules affecting men come into force
As much as women worry about the affect maternity leave will have on their careers, so do men worry about taking paternity leave.
He infuriated his wife by spending most of his paternity leave working on the new technology that used firefly enzymes to read DNA with light.
He made a string of lavish promises to cut child-care costs, guarantee kindergarten places, extend maternity and paternity leave and even hand out free fruit to schoolchildren.
The BCC said the paternity leave rules, coming into force at the same time as the phasing out of the default retirement age, were too much to cope with.
BBC: New paternity leave rules affecting men come into force
Additional paternity leave (APL) will allow an employee to take up to 26 weeks' leave to care for the child, on top of two weeks of ordinary paternity leave.
BBC: New paternity leave rules affecting men come into force
Finally, business owners may also want to consider ahead of time how they'll keep their firms operating smoothly while one or more employees goes on maternity or paternity leave.
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"My husband didn't take paternity leave" Nobuko Ito says.
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We should help these new families care for their children by expanding maternity and paternity leave, and we should guarantee every worker more paid sick leave so they can stay home to take care of their child without losing their income.
People need to know that thanks to Europe, we've got progress on paternity leave Thanks to Europe we've got progress on equal pay for men and women, It was thanks to Europe that the invalid care allowance was eventually given to married women.
Then there is paternity leave.
BBC: Japan: The worst developed country for working mothers?
Sweden and Iceland are frequently held up as models in this regard, and they do have some of the most extensive paternity and maternity leave and publicly funded child care in the world.
This included support for conception, delivery and child-raising costs as well as paternity and shared paternal leave.
The FSB is urging the European Parliament to reject these proposals and is calling for maternity and paternity to be reformed by introducing a "flexible leave" system to allow parents to choose their leave arrangements.
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