parental leave
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Disney currently provides up to eight weeks of paid parental leave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The government has begun offering longer parental leave, cash bonuses for babies and subsidised apartments for newlyweds.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
She includes a list of general policy prescriptions for politicians, such as paid child care and expanded parental leave, but lets the chief executives off easy by comparison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
A company usually has several months in which to plan ahead for a birth or an adoption, and there’s a relatively defined period during which employees might take parental leave.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
He never took any parental leave himself and left virtually all of the childcare to his wife.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
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