Small Ohio Town Passes Progressive Parental Leave Policy Listen· 2:54 [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 5/25/161:42 PM

The Village of Newburgh Heights, outside Cleveland, is a working class community of about 2,500 residents. It's also home to the most progressive parental leave policy of any municipality in the nation. As of last week, full-time public employees will be eligible for six months of paid parental leave after the birth of a child.

[For more of this story go to http://www.npr.org/2016/05/24/...arental-leave-policy]

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