Seattle looking at paid parental leave program

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Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Seattle looking at paid parental leave program</h1>
                <h2><p>Seattle could again lead the way for progressive labor policies, well ahead of the federal government. This morning, Mayor Ed Murray announced plans to introduce legislation for a paid parental leave program, which would give all City of Seattle employees access to four weeks of paid time off for the</p></h2>
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            <p>Seattle could again lead the way for progressive labor policies, well ahead of the federal government. This morning, Mayor Ed Murray announced plans to introduce legislation for a paid parental leave program, which would give all City of Seattle employees access to four weeks of paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child.</p><p>The policy would cost the city up to $1.35 million each year. Councilmember Jean Godden, who serves on the city council’s Gender Pay Equity Committee and announced the proposal with the mayor, said the policy is important to creating gender equity in the workplace.</p><p>From raising the minimum wage to $15 to recognizing same-sex marriage for city employees before Washington state in 2004, Seattle has long taken initiatives on social and labor reforms. Murray argued for his paid parental leave policy, saying, “The United States is the only developed nation in the world without a statutory right to paid parental leave. … I hope this is yet another way Seattle leads the nation.”</p>
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Seattle could again lead the way for progressive labor policies, well ahead of the federal government. This morning, Mayor Ed Murray announced plans to introduce legislation for a paid parental leave program, which would give all City of Seattle employees access to four weeks of paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child.

The policy would cost the city up to $1.35 million each year. Councilmember Jean Godden, who serves on the city council’s Gender Pay Equity Committee and announced the proposal with the mayor, said the policy is important to creating gender equity in the workplace.

From raising the minimum wage to $15 to recognizing same-sex marriage for city employees before Washington state in 2004, Seattle has long taken initiatives on social and labor reforms. Murray argued for his paid parental leave policy, saying, “The United States is the only developed nation in the world without a statutory right to paid parental leave. … I hope this is yet another way Seattle leads the nation.”

By Cascade PBS Staff