Tag: Parental Leave

April 26, 2024

Most employers are generally aware that federal and state laws protect employees from adverse employment actions because of pregnancy, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and, potentially, the Americans […]

February 22, 2023

Over the past few years, companies — particularly in the U.S., which lacks mandated paid parental leave — have moved to offer workers longer and more inclusive parental leave benefits. Tech firms have led the way, with Pinterest and Google […]

June 9, 2020

HR responsibilities can be more complex than just offering good benefits or a welcoming and supportive office culture. For instance, how can you support working mothers in building their careers as they also raise children? Women who choose to start […]

January 6, 2020

Several states have laws that allow employees to take time off for school-related meetings and activities. As any parent knows, it’s a constant challenge balancing the demands of work with those of raising a child. To increase flexibility in the […]

December 17, 2019

A recent legal settlement over a parental leave dispute may encourage employers to move toward more gender-neutral parental leave policies. JPMorgan Chase settled a class action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of male employees […]

July 15, 2019

Employees returning from parental leave, whether that’s maternity/paternity leave or Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave, often have a unique set of needs to ease their transition back into working full-time. This is important for employers to be cognizant […]

July 2, 2019

At SHRM’s 2019 Annual Conference & Exposition, I got to sit down with paid family leave expert Breanna Scott, CSPO and Director of Business Relations at The Standard. We discussed the state of paid family leave today and what it […]

November 6, 2018

For the longest time, many employers differentiated between “maternity” leave and “paternity” leave in their policy manuals. A typical maternity leave would offer six to 12 weeks of salary replacement for new mothers, while offering only one to two weeks […]

July 5, 2018

Does your organization offer parental leave beyond the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)? Do you offer paid parental leave? Are your parental leave options available for both mothers and fathers? While employers in the United States are not yet […]

May 11, 2018

In today’s tight labor market, companies can’t afford losing top talent. With three in every four employees more likely to stay with their employer just based off their benefits package, it’s important for companies to identify which benefits matter most […]

April 24, 2018

When turnover rates start increasing, the question on every HR professional’s mind is: Why? Why are employees quitting more now than before? And what can be done about it? Naturally, there are probably hundreds of individual, specific reasons employees leave. […]

November 10, 2016

Just as companies offer expanded paid-parental-leave programs to recruit and retain employees, employers can distinguish themselves by offering benefits and flexible schedules for parents once they return to the workplace, too. It can be tough for parents of infants, toddlers […]

October 12, 2016

On average, organizations gave mothers 41 paid days of maternity leave, compared with 22 paid days of paternity leave for fathers. That statistic comes from 2016 Paid Leave in the Workplace, a survey recently conducted by the Society for Human Resource […]