Seattle’s own Erica C. Barnett takes a closer look at recent paid family leave plans passed by Seattle and King County, and finds the city provides as little as four weeks guaranteed time off, while the county guarantees 12 weeks but requires long-term employees to exhaust as much as 10 weeks of their sick leave,Continue reading “King County vs. Seattle paid family leave: both a step forward, both need improvement”
Category Archives: Paid Family Leave
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”
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”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 