In January, Walmart promised to increase starting wages to $ 11 per hour nationally,
expand parental leave benefits and dole out cash bonuses to some employees.
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce said that while it favored
expanded parental leave benefits, there was a «strong belief among many business owners that once again, to the financial detriment of small businesses, a mandate is being adopted in San Francisco that would be better dealt with at the state or federal level.»
Not exact matches
Though the number of companies
expanding their paid
parental leave benefits is rising, Sandberg acknowledged that it's less common for employees to get paid time off to care for sick loved ones, saying that the US needs public policies «that make it easier for people to care for their children and aging parents and for families to mourn and heal after loss.»
Starbucks is
expanding the restaurant chain's
parental leave benefits in 2017 for the company's U.S. partners.
Learn the
benefits of paid post-pregnancy
parental leave — and why our country's family
leave laws need to be
expanded.