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Netflix Just Made Another Huge Stride On Parental Leave

Netflix is taking a huge step forward for the working parents it employs. Hourly workers were previously excluded from the company’s generous parental leave policy – but no longer. The California-based tech company announced in August that it would give its salaried employees up to 12 months of paid parental leave to take at their ownContinue reading “Netflix Just Made Another Huge Stride On Parental Leave”

For Women, Income Inequality Continues Into Retirement

[Via: NPR.org] Poverty does not treat men and women equally, especially in old age. Women 65 years old and older who are living in poverty outnumber men in those circumstances by more than 2 to 1. And these women are likely to face the greatest deprivation as they become older and more frail. This pretty muchContinue reading “For Women, Income Inequality Continues Into Retirement”

Zillow expands its family leave policy

KIRO TV interviewed Marilyn Watkins from the Economic Opportunity Institute about local tech companies expanding family leave benefits will catch on with lawmakers: “What I’m hopeful that will happen is that this will then encourage our state Legislature to act and move forward on adopting a paid family leave program that would cover everybody.” YesContinue reading “Zillow expands its family leave policy”