On Jan. 1, Washington state will begin implementing one of the most generous paid family and medical leave programs in the nation, allowing employees to take up to 16 weeks… Read More
Today’s featured stories Amazon stock hits $2,000, and why one analyst thinks it is on the road to a $2.5 trillion valuation Microsoft contractors to get 12 weeks of paid… Read More
Tens of thousands of Microsoft contract workers will get the option to take paid parental leave under a new policy announced by the company this morning for its U.S. suppliers,… Read More
When Anna Steffeney‘s Microsoft co-workers in Redmond, Wash., heard about her pregnancy, some told her to “keep it in as long as possible.” She left Microsoft not long after and did not return.… Read More
Zillow Group announced today that it would join the fray of tech companies amping up maternity and parental leave benefits for employees next year. In an email from Zillow’s corporate communications office,… Read More
Parental leave has become a hot issue as tech companies try to leverage their benefits to lure top talent. Just this week, Amazon announced revamped policies to offer more paid time off for new parents,… Read More
Amazon has disclosed additional details about the parental leave it offers employees, one of many internal policies the company was criticized for in an article in The New York Times article… Read More