Use this template to outline your parental leave policy, detailing your provisions for employees who have children.
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Please bear in mind that these templates intend to provide you with the foundations of your organization's parental leave policy, but may not consider local laws and regulations.
Before publishing this document, we strongly advise that you ensure the content aligns with the local laws and regulations that impact your organization.
Our parental leave policy outlines our provisions for our employees who have children. We want everyone in [your company] to be able to balance their job and family duties; work shouldn’t unduly hinder a parent’s responsibilities toward their child or consistently prevent them from spending time together.
Regarding pay during family leave, we will always follow legal guidelines where they exist. In counties or states where paid family leave isn’t mandatory, we will provide paid leave according to this company policy.
This paid parental leave policy applies to all employees who are parents or will become parents in the near future.
In this policy, we define a ‘child’ as someone who is under 18 years old. For the purposes of providing parental leave, we don’t differentiate among biological children, adoptive children, and step-children, as long as they’re under the custody or care of an employee.
Our parental leave company policy addresses every need associated with the expectancy or care of a child. It includes paternity leave, maternity leave, adoption leave, and any other leave that parents might need:
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We have highlighted points to be updated and references to key business documents you should link to using [square brackets] and orange text.
If you don't have these documents, you should work with your HR team to create them or delegate their creation to your department leads.
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