Paid Parental Leave
An increasing number of organizations are offering their employees parental leave, whether paid or unpaid. While federal and state family and medical leave laws already exist, many do not mandate paid leave. The International Foundation will keep you up to date on the changing paid parental leave landscape.
Coronavirus
- What COVID-19 Leave Is Left? [Littler]
Federal Action
- Paid Parental Leave: OPM Should Take Steps to Further Raise Awareness of the Program [U.S. Government Accountability Office]
- What HR should know about US efforts to pass paid family leave [HR Brew]
- Beyond the FMLA: Will a federal paid leave law ever come to pass? [HR Dive]
- As more states take up paid family leave, here’s where the push for a national policy stands [CNBC]
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State Action
- Calif. - California Extends Paid Family Leave Benefits from 6 to 8 Weeks [Littler]
- Colo. - 8 FAQs for Colorado Employers Facing New Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Obligations for 2023 [Fisher Phillips]
- Conn. - Connecticut readies its paid family and medical leave program [Mercer]
- D.C. - Washington DC Reduces PFL Contributions and Expands Leave [Newfront]
- Del. - Delaware enacts paid family and medical leave law [Mercer]
- Hawaii - Hawaii Paid Family Leave Moves Forward At State Legislature [Hawaii Public Radio]
- Idaho - Idaho Governor Extends Paid Family Leave for State Employees [U.S. News & World Report]
- Ill. - Illinois Employers Must Provide 40 Hours of Paid Leave for Any Reason [Arent Fox Schiff]
- Maine - Maine law requires paid family and medical leave [Mercer]
- Md. - Maryland paid family and medical leave [Mercer]
- Mass. - Compliance Reminder: Employer Responsibilities for Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave [Sequoia]
- Minn. - Minnesota passes paid family and medical leave law [Mercer]
- N.H. - New Hampshire enacts voluntary paid family leave program [Mercer]
- N.J. - New Jersey’s New Paid Family Leave Law Provides Greater Benefits for Employees [Proskauer]
- N.Y. - Updates and Potential Changes to New York Paid Family Leave in 2024 [Seyfarth]
- Oreg. - Governor Signs Sweeping Changes to Untangle Oregon’s Jumbled Leave Laws: Key Takeaways and a 5-Step Action Plan for Employers [Fisher Phillips]
- S.C. - South Carolina to Consider Paid Family Leave for State Employees [Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd]
- Va. - Virginia governor vetoes state’s paid family, medical leave bill [HR Dive]
- Vt. - Vermont Paid Family & Medical Leave Won't Pass This Year. Now What? [One Digital]
- Wash. - Washington Amends Its Paid Family and Medical Leave Act [Jackson Lewis]
- State Paid Family & Medical Leave Insurance Laws [National Partnership for Women & Families]
- Comparative Chart of Paid Family Leave Laws in the United States [A Better Balance]
- Paid family and medical leave: Snapshots across the United States [Mercer]
- 2024 state paid family and medical leave contributions and benefits [Mercer]