San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener on Wednesday announced legislation that would make San Francisco the first city in the country to require companies to provide fully paid parental leave to employees. While state law allows employees to get up to 55 percent of their wages for six weeks through disability payments, an ordinance Wiener plansContinue reading “San Francisco Supervisor Calls For Fully Paid Parental Leave”
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It’s Time to Get Real About Work/Life Balance. It’s 2016.
When we talk about flexible work, what image comes to mind? It’s that same dang woman with the 1980s shoulder pads and grocery cart, right? Yet let’s get real: Ellen Galinsky, head of The Families and Work Institute, told me that their research shows that men actually work more flexible schedules than women do. MenContinue reading “It’s Time to Get Real About Work/Life Balance. It’s 2016.”
What’s missing from Amazon’s new parental leave policy
Amazon made a big announcement [in November] about parental leave. This comes after the firestorm following the New York Times article on Amazon’s office culture (including how unfriendly it was to new parents). In an email message forwarded to Jezebel, Amazon is now going to offer up to 20 weeks of parental leave for birth mothers, andContinue reading “What’s missing from Amazon’s new parental leave policy”
Washington Work and Family Coalition 