Wondering if anyone has experience with successfully implementing changes to their company's parental leave policy.
I work for a tech company based outside the US with a small group of employees (less than 50) in the US. The HR parental leave policy I've been referencing misstated the company's maternity leave policy and come to find out it's less time off (went from 12 weeks to 6), albeit paid (which I realize is still very generous).
I've thought about how I can help implement change to make our company on par with competitors and partners (offering 3-4 months paid mat leave) in the market and more appealing to potential employees, especially women given our male dominated industry. Does anyone have any advice or metrics used to implement changes? Thanks in advance!
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Anonymous
I don't have specific advice for you, but it is doable. Do your research (okay, that is advice) first. What's the norm in your industry. What are companies leading the charge doing? I put a parental leave plan in place at former employer maybe almost 10 years ago, I looked to see what the trends where, what were best practices both in that specific industry and in general. It will take some digging but that info is out there. Work directly with HR on this (you don't work with HR on it, you are not likely to be successful).
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I am not aware of any 3-4 month paid maternity leave in the US. There is FMLA which for employers with 50+ must allow up 12 weeks and hold your job for certain circumstances, but it is not paid
Anonymous
3-4 month paid maternity leave is not unheard of. It's defined by individual organizations, not federally. You are only referencing FMLA which is not the info she appears to be looking for.