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Levi Strauss added a new paid family leave benefit to provide all eligible retail and corporate employees with up to eight weeks of paid time off each year to care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition.
After surveying its employees Levi Strauss found that workers were in need of better paid family leave since 50% of their U.S.-based workforce are members of the “sandwich generation” with many caring for their own children as well as an older parent or family member.
Amanda Schiavo is an associate editor of Employee Benefit News. Follow her on Twitter at @SchiavoAmanda.
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