Biglaw Firms Expanding Parental Paid Leave Policy – Up to 20 Weeks
More and more law firms are responding to peer competition by offering generous paid parental leave for their lawyers who become new parents, reports Above the Law.
Staci Zaretsky, a senior editor at Above the Law, writes about the reportedly industry-leading paid leave announced by Benesch.
“The firm’s plan had always been gender neutral, but today it announced its adoption of a reportedly industry-leading 20 weeks of fully paid leave for new parents, up from 12 weeks of paid leave, plus the ability to take an additional six weeks of leave without pay,” she writes, adding that there may be a handful of firms may offer a few more weeks of fully paid, gender-neutral parental leave.
Read the Above the Law article.
