Q&A: What to consider when creating a leave policy

How are you handling parental leave? In the past, employers often relied on state or federal benefits when offering parental leave to employees. Now, many industries are going above and beyond. On this episode of POPS!, Zenefits Senior POPS Advisor Lora Patterson breaks down the ways you can utilize state and federal benefits, and how you might consider using them to bolster your own benefits for your employees.

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On this episode, you'll hear:

• [01:22] The state and federal leave benefits available to new parents
• [03:12] What to consider if you have employees in different states
• [04:20] Who should be eligible?
• [05:42] How are you going to sustain operations while employees are on leave?
• [08:10] Can employees use PTO while on parental leave?
• [09:41] How should employees request leave?