Paid parental leave presents an intriguing opportunity for benefit professionals to attract and retain younger generations of talent. (Photo: Getty) Employers everywhere are facing a conundrum ...

As it is, Guth said, institutions’ parental-leave policies contain “some pretty stark realities.” Many of them come with loopholes that put the onus on employees to use their paid time off ...

More Republican-led states are giving paid parental leave to public school teachers and other state employees, signaling a broader acceptance of family-friendly workplace policies once championed ...

Paid Parental Leave Challenges For SMBs. First, it's important to note that all businesses struggle with the challenge of implementing paid parental leave, but small businesses feel it more acutely.

As of May 13, 2019: paid parental leave of up to three months after someone has been with the organization for two years, and paid leave of up to six months after five years of employment.

American exceptionalism can sometimes be quite bleak: The United States is the only wealthy country in the world without a national program for paid parental leave. The U.S.’s best chance yet of ...

That is changing, albeit slowly. Since NCTQ’s 2022 analysis, the push for paid parental leave has gained traction around the country. In the spring of 2023, for instance, Oklahoma, Tennessee ...

The federal government’s fledgling program offering agency employees up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave was used by 4% of the workforce over the first 22 months of its existence, a government ...

Gov. Kay Ivey Wednesday signed a bill giving public school educators and state employees paid parental leave. SB 199, sponsored by Sen. Vivian Figures, D-Mobile, allows women who give birth, have ...

More Republican-led states are giving paid parental leave to public school teachers and other state employees, signaling a broader acceptance of family-friendly workplace policies once championed ...