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Congrats to Etsy. Last year at PlanGrid we adopted 12-week paid leave with the same gender-blind policy that applies in the case of adoptions, etc. I wish I ha

Congrats to Etsy. Last year at PlanGrid we adopted 12-week paid leave with the same gender-blind policy that applies in the case of adoptions, etc. I wish I had worked here when my little ones were born. My employer at the time (a multi-national software company in the bay area) offered leave in CA but those living elsewhere got nothing besides FMLA (meaning only women and only six paid weeks, along with burning all vacation time). Being the dad I got nothing.

disillusioned 11y ago
To clarify, FMLA doesn't even cover six paid weeks. It covers twelve UNPAID weeks wherein the law guarantees your job, if you're working at a company > 50 employees. That's it. The six paid weeks was a component of a short term disability policy your company carried for your employees, and NOT part of FMLA or part of any federal requirement. US requires no paid leave at all.