My company is trying to come up with a new policy for maternity and paternity leave. Right now we only have six weeks unpaid. couple ideas were thrown out there like two weeks paid or maybe a year with intermittent leave. What are your guys thoughts on paid parental leave?

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I really recommend a minimum 12 weeks paid maternity leave for mothers giving birth..that’s a bare minimum for a lot of top organizations and honestly is still low. 4-6 weeks paternity leave (or parental leave for parents not giving birth) is a lot of what I’ve seen and similarly, anything above that is awesome!

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I agree. This is the bare minimum!

I also suggest you use the language “parental leave” to be inclusive of the families having babies who are not a mother/father combination.

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Yikes. 6 weeks unpaid is antiquated. That’s good you’re looking to improve the maternity and parental leave. Minimum 12 weeks paid would be my recommendation as well.

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Agree with the other comments. This Mercer post has some parental leave benchmarking data that may be a good starting point. Credible source to hopefully get push leadership to improve the parental leave benefit... 6 weeks unpaid is really below benchmark and disappointing to hear. If your company has a H&W broker, you could reach out to them for additional benchmarking too if needed.

https://www.mercer.us/content/dam/mercer/attachments/north-america/us/us-2021-absence-and-disability-infographic.pdf.

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Personally, I would look to some European companies/benefits (or news around it) to get some inspo. They definitely offer far better and more comprehensive coverage compared to the US

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Non US organisation here but at a minimum we do 4 months paid maternity leave and 2 weeks paid parental leave.

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I agree. It's the first three months after childbirth that's just as crucial. It would be nice if even the father is allowed 2 months off after delivery.

Just recently learned that Ph amended it's paid leaves increasing maternity leave to 105 days but the paternity leave is paid for 7 days for the first four deliveries. I think we can adopt and better the policy. I think 2 weeks of paid paternity leave seems like a good incentive,

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