Why?
Mary Beth Ferrante, Founder of Wrk/360, “a company that helps improve workplace culture by decreasing burnout and caregiver stigma,” notes that, “in addition to increased retention rates, parental leave policies also demonstrate support for employees, attract top talent and build gender equity at a leadership level.”
“Weisberg said that the ultimate goal of the #showusyourleave campaign is to provide transparency and start to change the paid family leave disparity: ‘There is not a lot of hope out there that this is going to get done at a national level. We need to make sure that companies step up. And this campaign and the petition is really about getting them to do that.’”
The Skimm offers “18 weeks of paid leave for adoption, fostering and surrogacy at their company (plus bereavement leave for pregnancy loss, phased return to work, unlimited PTO, backup childcare and flex scheduling.)”
The Co-Founders have also started a Change.org petition to “help amplify the conversation and advocate for national action. “ (Currently, it has over 30,000 signatures.)
The Stats:
- According to Paidleave.us, one in four mothers in America returns to work just 10 days after giving birth, and the U.S. is the only industrialized country without a national paid family leave policy.
- When Google’s parent company, Alphabet, expanded its paid parental leave policy from 12 weeks to 18 weeks in 2007. As a result, the retention rate of women post-maternity leave increased by 50 percent.
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