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How One Company Made Caregiver Pay a Career Equalizer
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a major U.S. retailer—Walmart—restructured its caregiver leave policy in 2025 to offer 12 weeks of fully paid leave for any family caregiving situation, including elder care, spouse illness, and extended family. The hosts walk through the policy's specific features: eligibility after 90 days, same benefit for part-time workers, and a $10,000 adoption/surrogacy reimbursement. They then examine the career impact: caregivers who used the leave were 35% less likely to quit within a year, and the company saved an estimated $1.2 million per 1,000…
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