At this year's conference, Sandberg announced a new family leave policy that expands bereavement and caregiving leave for Facebook employees. (Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for AOL)Companies have been rolling out ever-longer paid parental leaves to lure or retain younger workers: Six paid weeks off for new barista moms at Starbucks. A paid leave policy that gives employees paid time off for those needs helps women remain in the workforce and continue to advance in their jobs. Last fall, Deloitte said it would offer 16 weeks of paid “family leave,” allowing any Deloitte employee with family caregiving responsibilities to use the perk. A 2015 Department of Labor document, meanwhile, said that 12 percent of U.S. private sector workers have access to paid family leave.

Source: Washington Post February 08, 2017 19:08 UTC