It may seem like a small step, but it is very mighty because often our previous laws need to catch up with the world that we’re in today,” said Rep. Emilie Krasnow, the bill’s lead sponsor.

More Republican-led states are giving paid parental leave to public school teachers and other state employees.

Massachusetts is one of only a dozen states with paid parental leave. (Federal law requires certain employers to offer 12 weeks of unpaid leave ... it may not take the form of expanding the ...

Last year, 68 per cent of businesses offered a form of paid parental ... 1.3 million if it had paid 14 weeks of parental leave for the 34 people who took unpaid time off last year, if the average ...

Springfield and Lowell provide 12 weeks of unpaid parental leave, as required by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. Alexandra Dillon, a Roslindale resident and Boston Public Schools teacher ...

PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT’S Paul Murphy has said his party plans to introduce a new Bill which will bring in paid parental leave. Parents in Ireland are currently entitled to 26 weeks of unpaid ...

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which applies to companies with at least 50 employees, requires employers to offer ...

All short-term and recurring limited term members of the Faculty Association and Visiting Faculty are eligible for unpaid parental leave. Members on a post retirement contract are NOT eligible.

The NRMA announced on Wednesday that the company would pay their employees super on the unpaid portion of parental leave, which sits at 36 weeks under their updated policy. The move, which the ...

While most employers realize that fathers are parents, too, the majority of U.S. employers offer minimal leave opportunities for mothers and relatively no leave opportunities for fathers.

Millions of people will be able to get sick pay from the first day they are ill and claim unpaid parental leave as soon as they start a job, in a major overhaul of workers' rights. However ...