Debra Friedman, a member of Cozen O'Connor's Labor & Employment practice, discusses the potential perils of employment parental leave policies in Law360. For more than 20 years, the Family and Medical Leave Act has provided eligible employees up to 12 workweeks of job-protected leave for the birth or placement through adoption or foster care of a child, and for the care of the child. FMLA leave, however, is unpaid and does not cover all employees.
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