American Express will give all parents 20 weeks of paid leave

[Cigar]

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Starting in January, the financial services giant will expand its paid parental leave policy for mothers and fathers to 20 weeks at full pay, plus another six to eight weeks for women who give birth and require medical leave. Full-time and part-time employees who have worked at Amex for at least a year are eligible.

That's a big shift from the company's current policy of offering six weeks of paid leave for the primary parent plus another six to eight weeks for birth mothers who require medical leave. Secondary caregivers, meanwhile, have gotten just two weeks.

Under the new policy, parents will also have access to a 24-hour lactation consultant. And mothers who go on business trips will be able to ship their breast milk home for free.

In addition, expectant parents will have access to a parent concierge, whom they can go to for information on the company's family benefits and resources.


This is how you make America Exceptional and Great Again. by acknowledging it's workers as real humans with real human needs.

Kenneth Chenault is a great man and is down to earth regular person, I had the pleasure of meeting Kenneth back in 2008 at a Business Conference at The University of Chicago. He is everything you would want and expect in a Leader and a Philanthropist.

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Kenneth Chenault has been the CEO and Chairman of American Express since 2001, he joined American Express in 1981 and became President and Chief Operating Office 1997. He is currently Co-Chair of The Business Roundtable, a Director at IBM, and a member at The Council on Foreign Relations. He is a member of The Executive Committee of The Business Council for 2011 and 2012, in addition he's a Harvard Graduate.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/12/pf/paid-parental-leave-american-express/index.html

[Cletus]

If an employee can be gone for 20 weeks, he or she obviously is not needed, so there is no reason to bring them back.

[waltky]

Good on `em.

[Cigar]

If an employee can be gone for 20 weeks, she obviously is not needed, so there is no reason to bring her back.

Obviously you've never been a Leader ...

If Anyone is so important to YOU, that you can't do without them in a time of Emergency ... then why are YOU needed?

Just put them in charge let your worthless go ...

[Cletus]

Obviously you've never been a Leader ...

We can compare resumes anytime you'd like.


If Anyone is so important to YOU, that you can't do without them in a time of Emergency ... then why are YOU needed?

Childbirth isn't an emergency.


Just put them in charge let your worthless go ...

You have a lot of problems writing in complete sentences.

[Green Arrow]

Good move.

[Cigar]

[/I]We can compare resumes anytime you'd like.
Childbirth isn't an emergency.
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You have a lot of problems writing in complete sentences.

Move on to another Thread is this one somehow upsets you. :laugh:

[Cletus]

Move on to another Thread is this one somehow upsets you. :laugh:

What?

[Chris]

If an employee can be gone for 20 weeks, he or she obviously is not needed, so there is no reason to bring them back.

Maybe the opposite, maybe American Express assessed the situation and thought employees valuable enough to give them this much time.

[Cletus]

Maybe the opposite, maybe American Express assessed the situation and thought employees valuable enough to give them this much time.

That reasoning doesn't even make sense.

If the person fills a critical position, someone else is going to have to do that job in his or her absence. That means someone else is certainly capable of doing it. If it is not considered necessary to being someone else to do the job during the employee's absence, the job is obviously not very critical and should be considered for elimination.

[Chris]

That reasoning doesn't even make sense.

If the person fills a critical position, someone else is going to have to do that job in his or her absence. That means someone else is certainly capable of doing it. If it is not considered necessary to being someone else to do the job during the employee's absence, the job is obviously not very critical and should be considered for elimination.


Company could let work go for a time. They could hire a temp. For a short time they are, by their decision, saying it's worth it not to lose the employee. It aso makes employees feel valuable and want to work harder.

It may not make sense to you, in that position you may well decide it's not worth it and not benefit your employees. That would be up to you.