Offering competitive paid leave benefits is becoming a business imperative. The new Leading on Leave Index, launched by the National Partnership for Women & Families, offers companies a valuable ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Professor Michelle Travis covers emerging workplace law and policy. Employee demand for paid leave is at an all-time high. Many ...

For many employees, taking a paid leave of absence is not a choice but a necessity. However, most company leave policies focus solely on short-term parental leave, overlooking the broad range of ...

The simplest way to keep things straight is this: a leave of absence is the broad category for any authorized time away from work, and FMLA is one specific, federally protected type of leave that ...

In late April 2026, Virginia enacted a new Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (PFML). Like many other state paid family and medical leave programs ...

To learn more about the CNBC CFO Council, visit cnbccouncils.com/cfo As healthcare costs soar and companies scour for ways to trim benefits, generous paid parental ...