As American tech companies continue to offer generous parental leave policies, the pressure increases on employers in other industries to consider and implement policies that allow employees time to bond with a new child. Although current federal law doesn’t require employers to offer paid parental leave, the trend is edging that way.
Ivanka Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez both recently tweeted about paid parental leave being a priority. Given the rise in popularity of such leave and the political interest in the issue, employers must be ready to adopt appropriate parental leave policies.
