Not exact matches
While only 18 percent
of U.S. organizations offer
paid parental leave, according to the Society for Human Resource Management's 2016 Employee Benefits Survey, many high profile employers have begun announcing plans that both increase the amount
of paid time
off for new parents and offer it regardless
of gender.
, fitness breaks legitimized in the work schedule, requiring all employees to take a substantial part
of their vacation time
off, turning
off email while on vacation, providing
paid parental leave for new parents and encouraging both mothers and fathers to take advantage with no adverse career impact,
paid time
off for volunteer activities, and more.
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.»
Pinterest provides a unique take on the
parental -
leave policy by offering three
paid months
off, plus a month
of part - time hours, as well as two counseling sessions to create a plan to reenter the workplace.
One option to help dads spend more time with their new borns is shared
parental leave (SPL), which allows parents to split up to 52 weeks
off between them, as well as up to 39 weeks
of statutory shared
parental pay.
Instead, the centerpiece
of the teachers union's interaction with Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is
paid parental leave, in which teachers would be guaranteed
pay for a certain number
of days each year if they have to take time
off to care for children.
In Part 1
of his weekly «Mondays with the Mayor» interview on NY1, Mayor de Blasio talks to Errol Louis about a proposal on the Upper West Side to desegregate middle schools, and why he is at odds with the teacher's union over how to give teachers
paid time
off for
parental leave.