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Pilot Flying J is the latest employer to provide its 28,000 workers with a new gender-neutral paid parental leave benefit.
In September, the Knoxville, Tennessee-based company, which operates 650 travel and truck service centers across the U.S., began providing full- and part-time employees with six weeks of fully paid parental leave. Employees must have worked at least 1,250 hours in the past 12 months to be eligible for the benefit, the company says.
Caroline Hroncich is a former senior editor of Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser.
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For AI incorporation to be successful, employee training, confidence and value need to be part of the plan.
Increasing leave in the U.S. and Canada aligns with the company’s focus on retention and internal promotion, said the head of people and culture for Lush North America.
The goal is to strike a thoughtful balance that supports employees during important life events while maintaining productivity, managing costs and ensuring equitable access.
Incorporating technology into the benefits selection process frees up time and energy better spent on human-centric areas of support.
While there has been a lot of state and federal headway in leave expansion, qualifying employees are still facing steep costs.
