As more companies adopt paid parental leave, benefit leaders are still trying to work out the kinks that come with introducing a new policy — one of the trickiest being what it looks like for parents to return to work.
According to the National Health Institute, 24% of women leave the labor force in their first year of motherhood; meanwhile, three in four moms believe their employers could be doing more to support working parents with young children, according to the nonprofit Moms First. In other words, support can’t start and end with paid-time off. So, what are employers missing?
