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How One Firm Made Its Parental Leave Truly Gender Neutral
Episode 21 of The Diversity Career Podcast explores how a mid-sized tech company, Veridian Software, redesigned its parental leave policy to be fully gender neutral. Lucas and Luna break down the specific changes Veridian made: replacing 'maternity leave' and 'paternity leave' with a single 20-week 'primary caregiver' benefit, adding four weeks for non-birthing parents regardless of gender, and covering adoption and surrogacy equally. They discuss the pushback from some managers who worried about coverage gaps, how Veridian used data from a two-year pilot to…
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