Do you, by chance, offer your employees “Paw-ternity” leave?
More seriously, how about NICU leave?
With the ever-increasing reality that the federal government will offer no lifeline to streamline the ever-growing list of states mandating employee paid leave, employers have decided to take the lead, leading to a new wave of creative leave benefits to
This week, President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will meet for the first of several presidential debates leading up to the November 3 general election. Several of my blogging colleagues and I have identified THE debate question we would ask each of the candidates if we had had the chance.
Channeling my inner
Parental leave policies are on the rise.
Maternity. Paternity. Caregiver. You name it. I am drafting more of these policies than ever before.
So, you can imagine my interest when, last year, the EEOC sued skin care/fragrance behemoth Estée Lauder, claiming that its parental leave policies discriminated against men. According to the EEOC at
Netflix. Google. Proctor & Gamble. Accenture. IKEA. Greensboro, North Carolina. What do these have in common?
They are employers.
And they offer their employees paid parental leave.
As I reflect upon the year 2016 (picture me meditating in my hyperbaric FMLA chamber I retreat to every evening), I’ve been poked and prodded about
Earlier this week, the EEOC issued new enforcement guidance on pregnancy discrimination, warning employers of their obligation to provide pregnant employees reasonable accommodations in the workplace and giving employers insight into how the EEOC will enforce pregnancy-related issues under Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) in the future.
As expected, the guidance confirms that the EEOC
Fess up and raise your hand. How many of you were on the edge of your edge of your seat awaiting news of William and Kate’s new arrival? I can picture you now, feverishly refreshing your Facebook and Twitter pages to catch a glimpse of the latest heir to the British throne.
As we
I received a ton of feedback on last week’s blog post, which discussed Yahoo’s new parental leave policy and its FMLA implications. Much of the feedback related to Yahoo’s decision to provide 16 weeks of paid maternity leave to female employees and 8 weeks of paid paternity leave to male employees. Some wondered whether such
It seems that what Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer taketh, she giveth back. Or something like that.
As you will recall, Mayer made waves several months back when she banned all Yahoo employees from working from home, a rather controversial move seen by some as unfriendly to working parents. Now, in an interesting twist, Yahoo