Thousands of additional state employees will benefit from paid parental leave, as the Judicial Branch and Board of Regents have updated their paid family leave policies.
Both of the policies reflect the Governor’s executive order with the following changes:
The Judicial Branch altered its paid parental leave policy to eight weeks for both parents (instead of four weeks for the secondary parent).
The Board of Regents require their employees to be employed for 12 months to be eligible (instead of 180 days).
“Our research has shown that paid family leave is a win-win for families, employers, and the economy — so we’re thrilled that more state employees will have access to this family-friendly benefit,” said Wendy Doyle, President & CEO of United WE. “We look forward to continuing to work with legislators to pass paid family leave laws and urge other states without paid family leave policies to consider the research-backed benefits that support employees and their families.”
Expanding access to paid leave has been a top priority of the United WE, formerly Women’s Foundation, which works with Kansas leaders to provide research on the benefits of paid family leave.
More information on United WE’s research into paid family leave is available at: https://united-we.org/paid-leave.