Maternity leave

These employers are leading the pack when it comes to innovation in the field.

With the political obstacles to federal action, a number of employment law initiatives have gone local and employers need to remain vigilant.

Businesses see the importance of elder care and child leave but the numbers are just beginning to recover from post-recession lows.

Businesses see the importance of elder care and child leave but the numbers are just beginning to recover from the post-2008 lows.

Despite being in place for years, executives are still vexed by mandated employee time off.

The global chemical company joins a growing number of employers who have started 2017 with enhanced paid leave policies.

The global chemical company joins a growing number of employers who have started 2017 with enhanced paid leave policies.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to cancel the executive orders of his predecessor would have wide-ranging implications in compensation, paid leave, diversity in hiring, and protection for gay and transgender employees in the workplace.

The company announced it is significantly bolstering its leave benefits for new parents, as well as increasing its employee benefits for fertility, surrogacy, adoption and lactation.

The district voted in favor of a bill that requires employers to pony up for paid time off.

The district voted in favor of a bill that requires employers to pony up for paid time off.

The furniture retailer’s U.S. employees will be eligible for up to four months of paid or partially paid time off. The company also announced a new sabbatical program.

Female employees exit the workforce to have children at the time when they are set to receive raises and advance their careers.

Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump takes the oath of office next January, she or he will have to deal with the Affordable Care Act and the Cadillac tax, but parental leave might be on the ropes.

Celebrate Election Day by taking a look at where each stands on a range of employee benefit policies — from paid leave to the fate of the ACA’s Cadillac tax.

The streaming giant helped put paid leave benefits in a new light after it announced it was offering as much as one year of PTO to new mothers and fathers.

New benefit trend alert: Zocdoc wants employees to take a paid day off for preventative care visits. And some big companies are already joining the initiative.

New benefit trend alert: Zocdoc wants employees to take a paid day off for preventative care visits. And some big companies are already joining the initiative.

On average, companies offer new dads about half as much time off as new moms. That sends a message.

Companies have found a powerful new benefit to add to their arsenal of perks: paid time off to care for sick spouses, parents, and children.