Company in WA has no paternal leave policy- what to do?
Jan 5, 2018
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My wife and I are having our first baby in the spring, and my company (5yr old startup, ~150 employees) has yet to formalize a parental leave policy. They’ve been dragging their feet a bit since I requested details regarding leave a couple of months ago, so I’m trying to figure out the best approach here.
If you were in this situation, would you continue pushing them to establish the policy or simply propose a paternal leave package?
Were you to go with the latter, what is a reasonable amount of time off & pay for a company like ours these days?
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I am not sure how likely you can change. Is this family owned? I probably will propose a combination of pto, borrowed Pto from next year, and unpaid leave.
I like the idea of a combination of pto and unpaid leave.