Action Step – Parental Leave: Critical Policy Features

The Alliance’s Action Steps are designed to assist organizations with implementing practical strategies and policies related to diversity and flexibility. Members can access full versions of all of the Alliance’s Action Steps in the Member Resource Center.

In our 2022 Law Firm Flexibility Benchmarking Study and Flexibility Benchmarking Summit we discussed trends regarding workplace flexibility, hybrid work, parental leave, and other related policies and infrastructure. From our experience and research, it is clear that employees value holistic workplace flexibility and leave, and assess their organizations on these offerings. While many organizations have expanded their workplace flexibility and hybrid work programs since the pandemic, organizations should also be providing strong parental leave benefits. There is a noticeable discrepancy between organizations that enhanced their parental leave policies since the pandemic compared to those that have not. Make sure that your parental leave policies are up-to-date, so as not to lose out on recruitment and retention…

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