Google Just Increased Parental Leave To 24 Weeks—Here’s How That Compares To Other Tech Giants

January 27, 2022, 05:43pm

According to reports Thursday, the tech industry continues to lead the country in terms of worker benefits, as the tech industry is increasing paid time off for workers who give birth to a maximum of 24 weeks from the previous 18.

Birth parents of workers at Microsoft and Amazon are offered around 22 weeks of paid time off, which is less than the 24 weeks offered by most tech giants in the U.S.

Tech firms that offer longer parental time off than Google include, among others, Adobe, which offers 26 weeks of parental leave, and Netflix, which allows up to a year of parental leave since 2015.

The company wanted to support their employees at every stage of their lives, by extending paid parental leave for workers who give birth.

For workers who give birth, longer paid leave for their partners from 12 weeks to 18 and more paid vacation days from 15 to 20 are included in the new policy.

The Family and Medical Leave Act provides up to 12 workweeks of maternity and paternity leave for some workers, such as those who are employed by businesses with 50 or more workers.

The United States is the only developed country that does not guarantee paid parental leave, according to the Washington Post. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only two in 10 civilian and private industry workers have access to paid family leave. President Joe Biden was campaigning to introduce paid family and medical leave. Democrats reduced the size of the spending package to win support from Sen. Joe Manchin and Sen. In November, Nancy Pelosi added four weeks of paid family and medical leave to the package.

47.3. According to National Geographic, that is roughly the number of weeks Nordic countries cover for paid parental leave.

There are more vacation days and parental leaves.

How does the U.S. compare to other countries? Americans only get 0 weeks. More than 80 is what the Estonians get. The Washington Post has an article about it.