Paid Family Leave
- PoliticsHuffPost
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: If Congress Gets 3 Months' Parental Leave, So Should Everyone
The freshman lawmaker emphasized that her ”‘unusual" leave policy applies to both mothers AND fathers on her staff.
- NewsYahoo Life
New Mom Says Walmart Made Her Return to Work After 2 Weeks — With Son in NICU
When Jasmine Dixon was just two weeks post-partum she had to go back to work as a sales associate at Walmart. Why? Because while the $230 billion company offers 12 weeks of full-paid family leave to its corporate employees, it offers not a single day to those who work in its stores.
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PSA Brilliantly Shows Why Some Moms Might Choose to Stay Pregnant for 260 Weeks
An overwhelming majority of workers in the United States — about 86 percent — aren’t offered paid family leave through their employers. The National Partnership for Women & Families hopes the spot will persuade Americans, and not just those planning on having families, to ask their members of Congress to stand up for a better national paid family and medical leave standard across the U.S.
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‘Five Months After Coming Back to Work, I Left a Job I Previously Loved’
A woman’s account of returning to her demanding job after she had her son, and quickly realizing that something had to give. Here’s how she found her right work-life balance.
- NewsKorin Miller
Former Ivanka Trump Executive Had to Fight ‘Long and Hard’ for Maternity Leave
A former executive for Ivanka Trump’s clothing company says she struggled to take paid maternity leave when she was working for Trump.
- NewsYahoo Beauty Contributors
Here’s How One Woman Made a 2-Week Maternity Leave Work
When I told friends and family that I’d be taking a two-week maternity leave, they all had the same reaction: “You’re crazy.”
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This Dad Believes Paternity Leave Should Be a Benefit All Employers Offer
"When I found out that my wife was pregnant, I wasn’t sure what that would mean at work. Would I be able to take time off to be with her and the baby?"