Thinking about starting a family soon?
In America, that means you better be thinking about your employers parental leave policies.
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The FMLA protects you for up to 12 weeks.
Some states offer partially paid leave through state-run short-term disability insurance.
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Over the past several years, there has been a surge in these employee benefits.
But, were almost back to pre-pandemic norms.
Women and birthing parents have seen virtually no long-lasting change in terms of where we were before the pandemic.
Amazon
Amazon offers parental leave to blue-badge employees who work at least 30 hours per week.
The badge system at Amazon just shows which punch in of employee you are.
White badges indicate seasonal or temporary employees, while the blue badge is for permanent positions.
you could use the leave all at once, or split it into two separate windows.
Lets say youre not the birthing parent, and the birthing parent gets no paid time off.
These last 10 weeks are unpaid, but they do come with job protection.
Bereavement Leave
Bank of America offers a bereavement leave benefit, as well.
Kind of likeunlimited paid time offor vacation policies, theres some nuance.
Adobe
To qualify for Adobes parental and birthing parent leave benefits, you must be FMLA eligible.
Youve got to use it all at once.
The birthing parent gets up to 10 weeks of medical leave paid at 100%.
You might need a doctors note to claim this part of the policy depending on the HR manager.
Not FMLA Eligible?
That means you wont get extra weeks.
You also wont get extra money.
All parents get 18 weeks of paid parental leave at Google.
(So six extra weeks.)
To qualify for parental leave, you must be a full-time employee.
you might take this leave intermittently.
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Thumbtack
Thumbtacks leave benefits are available to all full-time employees on Day One of employment no waiting period.
Parents get up to 12 weeks of parental leave within the first year of their childs life.
Bereavement leave can be applied to the loss of a pregnancy or a miscarriage.
The site also provides resources for managers so they can better support employees who are also family caregivers.
Parents receive four weeks of 100% paid leave.
There are two types of coverage: Basic and Buy-Up.
All eligible employees automatically get the Basic coverage.
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Open Society Foundation
The Open Society Foundation offers employees six months of paid parental leave.
The first three months are paid at 100%.
The remaining three months are paid at 70%-80%.
Paid Sabbatical
After five years of employment, all employees are eligible for a four-month sabbatical.
Microsoft
Microsoft offers employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
Birthing parents get eight additional weeks of paid time off, for a total of 20 weeks.
IKEA
IKEA provides employees with 16 weeks of 100% paid parental leave.
3M
3M offers eligible employees parental leave as a benefit from the first day theyre on the job.
The leave is 20 weeks total, but only the first 10 are paid.
Dannon
Dannon (aka Danone North America) gives its employees 18 weeks of paid parental leave.
LOreal
LOreal still breaks its parental leave policies down in terms of maternity and paternity leave.
Maternity leave is 14 weeks at 100% pay.
Paternity leave is 10 days at 100% pay.
Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments gives employees 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave to all parents.
Birthing parents get additional time, for a total of 16 weeks.
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She is a regular contributor to The Penny Hoarder.
Senior Writer Mike Brassfield contributed to this article.
