Maternity Leave in the United States: Paid Parental Leave is Still Not Standard, Even Among the Best U.S. Employers

According to the laboratory, nearly one out of every four working mothers (24%) provides the best employer within 4 weeks, half (52%) of which offer maternity leave less than 6 weeks. Women's policy research analysis data by Working Mother Media, Inc is provided by the publisher of Working Mother Magazine. Nearly half of excellent companies do not provide paid holidays for parent-child relationships or adoption. Working mothers each year review 100 employer questionnaires that explain "Workforce Profile, Remuneration, Childcare, Flexibility, Vacation and Leisure, Family-oriented Programs, and Corporate Culture", 100 US Best Companies You have selected. Although more than one quarter of companies (28%) provide paid maternity leave for more than 9 weeks, most of the winners' paid childcare leave policies are far from satisfying their needs. There are no companies offering paid child care leave for more than 6 weeks, only 7 out of 100 excellent companies are offered.

I rarely get nursing leave in the US. Most workers do not simply have paid childcare leave, but more employers offer paid maternity leave instead of paid childcare leave. According to the 2012 survey by the Ministry of Labor, employers were offered fewer paid childcare leave than women than men, and few men were paid for paid childcare leave. (Only 13% of men acquiring childcare leave are paid for 21% of women.) Provide paid childcare leave with equivalent standards for parents in five states in California, New Jersey, Rhode Island

There are several modes for paid vacation. At the beginning, 52 weeks paid childcare leave began, now there are 26 weeks paid vacation, by 39 and 2012 by 52, there are 52 by 2016. Second, support for basic paid maternity leave and child care leave for 26 weeks is as follows. (I) In Basic Paid Maternity Leave (BPML), Australia provides 24 weeks paid basic maternity leave for all working women, (ii) parental leave payment (BPPL) Australia has 2 weeks to all cooperative partners Basic paid partner should provide vacation Basic childbirth allowance. Third, the partner paid is "to use or lose it", and partners who do not use paid holidays can not reassign it to their mother. This system allows a father to take an effective vacation. Fourth, existing paid maternity leave. Fifth, through the basic payment of the employer, the government will provide obligations similar to employers and employees. Sixth, parents can take a vacation while taking a vacation

Most studies on how paid families and medical leave affect the stability of employment are considering maternity leave, but since there are no nationally paid families and sick leave plans in the United States, most studies It is outside the United States. There is currently no research to fully explain why carers are likely to return to the same employer after vacation but it is clear that paid leave is very relevant to doing so. This may be due to paid vacation. Generally, in the United States, about 80% of mothers who can obtain paid or unpaid maternity leave return to their original job after giving birth. . A woman on vacation will have a 70% chance of returning to work after giving birth for 3 months to 1 year.

Impact of paid family and sick leave on employment stability and economic stability April 2012 Heather Boushey and Sarah Jane Glynn