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Parental leave benefits are hardly improving

Recent hype about parental leave hasn't translated to actual changes to employee benefits, a study says.

By Jack Craver | Updated on March 09, 2017
Despite high profile companies offering parental leave, this employee benefit hasn't gone mainstream yet. (Photo: AP)

More people seem to be talking about parent-oriented benefits in recent years, but a new study suggests that the hype has not translated into results for employees trying to juggle childrearing with work.

“Despite reports from well-known companies that they have expanded their paid-leave benefits, the average amount of parental and caregiving leave provided by U.S. employers has not changed significantly since 2012,” said the Society for Human Resource Management in a press release accompanying a major study of employer benefits that it conducted in partnership with the Families and Work Institute.

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