You Searched For "paid family leave" and got 20 results
Sort By:
3 mins read
A mom in Sweden took 21 months off when her kids were born, and her partner took 15. Sharing parental leave changed their expectations of each other.
Mom-of-two Nicola Lindgren took 21 months of paid parental leave, and her partner took additional p…
Ella Hopkins
2 mins read
I'm an American living in Spain. Both my husband and I had 4 months of paid parental leave, which helped us ease into parenthood.
I've lived in Spain for seven years and had my first child here. Both my husband and I got four mon…
Megan Lloyd
4 mins read
A mom in Denmark was offered 1 year of paid parental leave but chose to come back to work early. She felt she had to show she was still valuable.
Mom-of-two Natalia Rogaczewska's employer gave her one year's maternity leave at full pay in Denmar…
Ella Hopkins
5 mins read
I left Goldman Sachs after 20 years to become a pastor after I lost my sense of purpose. I get paid next to nothing but I cherish my freedom.
The excitement of working at Goldman Sachs kept Kristin Breuss there for almost 20 years. Then she …
Kim Schewitz
1 min read
Former Tesla workers have accused the company of not paying overtime or paid sick leave in a new lawsuit
Former Tesla employees accused the company of failing to pay overtime and sick leave in a newly pro…
Katie Balevic,Kenneth Niemeyer
4 mins read
I got my green card after working at Microsoft on an H-1B visa. The process was very painful, but I love the US and don't plan to leave.
Andres Pico learned English and studied to attend an American university after growing up in Ecuado…
Elle Hardy
3 mins read
Swiss Court jails UK's richest Hinduja family for exploiting Indian domestic workers
On Friday, the court sentenced Prakash and Kamal Hinduja to four years and six months in prison, wh…
ANI
3 mins read
The true value of grandparents: 2 families explain how much you can save with free childcare
Employment attorney says the generational wealth divide is worse for working parents who don't have…
Jane Ridley
4 mins read
A family moved to the Bay Area from Georgia for a better quality of life. They pay more than double for housing but they're happier.
Xyndi and Eric Lomboy have been happier since they moved to California, even though their housing c…
John Towfighi
3 mins read
I've been a student in the UK for 6 years. But my family in the US is getting older, and I'm torn about moving back to be with them.
After completing her bachelor's and master's overseas, Scarlett Kiaras-Attari now plans to pursue a…
Erin Liam
2 mins read
4 members of UK's richest family convicted of exploiting servants at Swiss mansion
Three workers claimed that the family had taken their passports and paid them as little as $8 to wo…
Cameron Manley
5 mins read
Conservatives tossed out Roe v. Wade. Now some are pressuring the GOP to soften its resistance to financially supporting families or risk a 'severe' backlash
The GOP opposed Biden's economic agenda, and a Trump effort to get paid leave through Congress fell…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
4 mins read
Meet a mom who got COVID-19 while pregnant and used paid leave when her kid had to quarantine 3 times
"We keep operating on the assumption that families and especially mothers will take on anything we …
Juliana Kaplan
3 mins read
Meet a mom and teacher who hasn't been able to work because child care is so unpredictable: 'I was way behind on work and completely stressed, not sleeping'
"Domestic labor is labor," said Laura Danger, who has two children in addition to a full-time job. …
Juliana Kaplan
2 mins read
Top Senate Democrats say paid leave could help solve both the labor shortage and inflation and urge passage of Biden's big bill
If you want to get people back to work — and boost productivity to bring down inflation — Democrats…
Juliana Kaplan
5 mins read
Higher-paid employees looking for work are having a tough time, and it could be a sign of a shift in the workplace
It's true not many people need work, so the lack of open roles isn't critical to the economy. But n…
Dan DeFrancesco
9 mins read
Farewell and good riddance — to the 'typical American family'
The short, troubled reign of the nuclear family has come to an end. But we can replace it with some…
Kelli María Korducki
3 mins read
I'm an American mom living in Denmark. Here families take a long summer vacation, and I'm still getting used to that.
I've been living in Denmark since 2020. It's common for families to take three to four weeks of vac…
Brooke Black
5 mins read
I quit Merrill Lynch to start my own business. Leaving a 7-figure income and cushy corporate perks was hard, but I don't regret it.
Chad Willardson had a successful career on Wall Street but was tired of being directed by a big com…
Perri Ormont Blumberg
2 mins read
Joe Manchin is throwing cold water on paid leave again, threatening to leave the US as the world's only developed economy without mandated time off for workers
Many American mothers aren't guaranteed paid family leave. Right now, one male senator seems to be …