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Paid parental leave options: Understanding your rights

Business Management Daily

Balancing demanding work obligations and a growing family can be a big challenge for employees, especially when they have just welcomed a new child. Parents need time off to care for and bond with their latest addition. However, limited parental leave options in the United States often hinder them.

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STUDY: Less Negative Spillover of Paid Parental Leave than Hyped

HR Digest

Employers give paid paternal leave in almost all high-income nations. It includes leaves given to expectant fathers, mothers, and leaves for adoption. Traditionally, all firms are required by international labor laws to give at least 12 weeks of paid leave to women employees who are entering motherhood.

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The future of FMLA points to paid leave

Business Management Daily

The future of the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) is taking shape before our eyes. In passing the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), Congress authorized limited paid leave for the rest of 2020. In all likelihood, some form of paid FMLA leave will survive the pandemic.

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Comprehensive Guide on Maternity Leave Laws by State

HR Digest

The United States lacks a federal maternity leave policy , making it the only high-income nation without mandated paid leave for new mothers. While 96 percent of countries provide some form of paid maternity leave, and 81 countries extend this benefit to new fathers, the U.S.

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MS Amlin introduces paid carer’s leave policy

Employee Benefits

Insurance and reinsurance firm MS Amlin has introduced a paid carer’s leave policy to support its employees. The leave can be taken flexibly as individual or consecutive full or half days. The post MS Amlin introduces paid carer’s leave policy appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Why I Don’t Believe in Parental Leave Requirements

UpstartHR

My friend Lance Haun wrote last week about why he thinks we should fight for legislating parental leave in the US. Family medical leave is one thing–holding your employee’s job while he or she takes time at home for a variety of health and family-related reasons isn’t easy, but it’s doable.

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How does your parental leave policy stack up? Is it fair? Equitable? Competitive?

PeopleStrategy

Family leave has been subject to much scrutiny and debate in recent years. And two current employment trends are putting additional pressure on employers to take a closer look at their current parental leave policies: Employees want better work-life balance as they seek a higher quality of life. Go gender neutral.