Creating a Best-in-Class Parental Leave Program —
And Making It Compliant Too!

Date: May 14, 2019

Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location: Ropes & Gray | Boston, MA
(Validated parking by Ropes & Gray for Prudential Garage)

Cost: $95 Members | $140 Non-members
(Lunch included)

Register or call 781-684-8700 for assistance


Paid time off, including parental leave, is essential to ensure financial protection for your employees at key life milestones. These benefits have a direct impact on attraction, retention and employee wellbeing. Millennials are more likely than Baby Boomers to cite paid time off as the most important workplace benefit and are willing to make job changes based on improved family benefits.

At the same time, navigating the time-off landscape is becoming increasingly complex, particularly with respect to parental leave issues. Overlapping state and federal leave laws, along with the intersection of parental leave and nondiscrimination laws, create significant compliance challenges for employers. Employers today need to ensure their programs are not only competitive but also compliant with all the current and emerging federal, state and local paid leave laws.


Attend this Program to:

  1. Hear about emerging trends in parental leave program design and competitiveness.

  2. Discuss best practices for balancing compliance and competitiveness when designing your parental leave strategies and drafting your parental leave policies.

  3. Learn about potential pitfalls in offering parental leave benefits, including recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission scrutiny of parental leave policies and related litigations.


Speakers:

 

Katharine Beattie —Member/Employment Litigator, Mintz Levin

 

 

  Emma Follansbee — Associate, Mintz Levin



 

Rob McGee — Director, Absence and Disability Practice, Willis Towers Watson

 

 

NEEBC programs may qualify for CEBS continuing professional education (CPE) credit. Participants must determine if the program aligns with "CEBS Content Domain."