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3 Reasons to Boost Your Employee Benefits Offerings in 2020

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Some paid parental leave. Really, if your business is doing well and 2019 was a successful year, there’s no good reason to be stingy with the benefits in 2020. The post 3 Reasons to Boost Your Employee Benefits Offerings in 2020 appeared first on Engage Blog. Vision coverage. Flexible hours. Remote work opportunities.

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WeightWatchers gives US staff six months of paid parental leave

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WeightWatchers has introduced six months of paid parental leave for eligible full and part-time employees in the US. She introduced the policy so as to address the fact that paid parental leave is not federally guaranteed in the US, and it is up to individual states and employers to offer this.

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Parental Leave in Serbia

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As of 2020, females accounted for almost half of the Serbian labor force. In order to facilitate households where both the wife and the husband are working, Serbia has come up with comprehensive maternity and paternity leave laws. The post Parental Leave in Serbia first appeared on Global People Strategist.

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The Demands of Millennials Make Our Workplaces Better

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In fact, it is estimated that Millennial workers (those born between 1980 and 2000) will make up more than half of the workforce by 2020. nine of out ten reported that it would be important when looking for a new job that the employer offered paid parental leave, and six out of ten considered it very or extremely important.

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4 Family-Friendly Benefits to Support Employees

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Parental leave, beyond the federal minimum. Under federal law, employees are only guaranteed 12 workweeks of unpaid family medical leave; however, this only applies if their employer is a public organization or company with 50+ employees. Between 2020 and 2021, over 2.3 Paid parental leave (39%).

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Tribunal orders Greatwell Homes to pay £50,000 in maternity leave dispute

Employee Benefits

Employment law states that these include pregnancy, childbirth, maternity leave adoption leave, shared parental leave, parental leave, paternity leave and parental bereavement leave.

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4 Ways to Support Female Team Members After COVID

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According to a 2020 study conducted by McKinsey & Company , women comprise roughly 39 percent of global employment, but have accounted for 54 percent of all pandemic-related job losses. . Provide paid parental leave for new parents, regardless of gender. What can employers do to support female team members? .