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How to retain parents after parental leave

HR Digest

In a 2019 survey by service provider Workplace Options 23% of employed parents indicated that they had at some point considered giving up their job – due to incompatibility with childcare. It is even more fatal for organizations to lose members of their workforce in the context of parental leave. During parental leave.

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The Potential Regulatory Minefields of Managing Employee Leave

Corporate Synergies

As of this writing, 12 states have expanded the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to add more time off or more classes of people covered. California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Washington have laws covering paid family leave. Five states currently require paid sick leave.

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The future of FMLA points to paid leave

Business Management Daily

Several large cities have passed paid sick leave ordinances as well. Concerns over sick workers transmitting disease have been a consistent theme justifying municipal ordinances. In 2014, President Obama issued Executive Order 13706 that require federal contractors to provide their employees with paid leave.

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New employment laws to watch in 2020

Insperity

However, some states and local governments are implementing more generous leave policies for employees. For example, Massachusetts’ paid leave law took effect in September 2019. At the local level, Dallas’ new paid sick leave requirements take effect April 1, 2020 for employers with more than five employees.