parental leave
Americannoun
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Patel worked for San Francisco's Office of Labor Standards Enforcement, which became the first local government in the US to pass a law requiring employers to provide paid parental leave.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The workers received paid parental leave before they organized, under terms Disney set on its own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
A government spokesperson said: "We've made paternity and unpaid parental leave day one rights through our Employment Rights Act, and have rolled out 30 hours of funded childcare a week to working families."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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
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