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What are small business owners thinking these days about paid family leave?

by Caroline Champlin
Nov 17, 2021
A new study suggests that some businesses owners may have become more open to the idea during the pandemic.
While offering paid family leave may be difficult for small businesses, it could be easier than hiring amid the labor shortage.
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Women three times more likely than men to not work during pandemic because of child care

by Jasmine Garsd
Aug 21, 2020
COVID-19 has driven women's unemployment rate higher than men's and could worsen the gender pay gap in the long term.
Child care needs are part of the reason the current recession has had a greater effect on women than on men.
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Why men should start taking paternity leave

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 4, 2017
It can help reduce the 'motherhood penalty' and the gender pay gap, the Danish minister for equality says.
A father holding his newborn daughter. Denmark is encouraging more men to take paternity leave.
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Tradesy gives parental leave to new moms and dads

by Molly Wood
Mar 2, 2017
The startup isn't profitable yet, but says the policy inspires loyalty that can't be quantified.
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Trump's paid-maternity plan doesn't quite add up

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 22, 2016
The Republican proposes to fund six weeks of partially-paid maternity leave by "recapturing fraud and improper payments" in the nation's unemployment insurance system.
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Netflix offers up to one year of paid parental leave

by Nova Safo
Aug 5, 2015
The policy applies to both fathers and mothers.
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U.S. lags behind the rest of the world in paid leave

by David Gura
Jun 27, 2014
The White House Summit will stress the U.S.'s poor record on paid family leave.
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U.K. spat over women's pay in the financial sector

by Stephen Beard
Jan 30, 2014
The leader of one of Britain's fastest growing political parties has sparked some outrage
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Many teachers schedule summer babies

by Claire Simms
Aug 7, 2013
With limited maternity leave, many teachers try to have their babies during the summer break.
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The long and short of maternity leave

by Dan Gorenstein
Jul 25, 2012
Yahoo's new CEO Marissa Meyer plans to return to work within weeks of having a baby. Her decision has other women talking.
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