For women, in contrast, the administrative data show no similar increase in parental leave claimants post-PPLO (appendix exhibit A5). 22 Of note, 89 percent of mothers in covered jobs were already ...

When companies provide parental leave, they should consider all paths to parenthood and different ways that families form.

To help in these efforts, UAB's Paid Parental Leave Policy and Sick Time Policies will undergo important enhancements next ...

North Carolina was one of the first Southern states to grant paid parental leave to state workers in 2019 when then-Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, signed an executive order. In 2023, several months ...

Parental leave is often treated as a checkbox issue—handled quietly by HR, focused on paperwork, and confined to a narrow window of time. But Amy Beacom, founder and CEO of the Center for ...

Two years after some state lawmakers appeared open to boosting access to paid parental leave, GOP members have pulled their support, instead pushing ideas that align with the party’s business ...

Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law a bill granting paid parental leave to state employees and public school K-12 teachers. This is a huge win for state employees, who will no longer need to ...

The Mississippi Legislature passed a bill granting six weeks of paid parental leave to state employees who are new mothers. The bill, which received overwhelming bipartisan support, aims to ...

Mississippi is one of 12 states without paid parental leave for its employees. The Mississippi Senate on Thursday passed its own version of a bill to give state employees paid leave for the birth ...

Mississippi's government employees are one step closer to having eight weeks of paid parental leave, which is currently not offered. On Thursday afternoon, the Mississippi House of Representatives ...

D.C. police Capt. Paul Hrebenak, right, is suing the police department, alleging he was illegally transferred from supervising the School Safety Division after he returned from taking parental leave.