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Labor/Employment

Aug. 14, 2015

Lawyers take wait and see approach to Silicon Valley paid parental leave

Companies will only be seen as more woman-friendly if workers feel comfortable taking the leave, attorneys said.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


If Silicon Valley has a terrible work climate for women, why are its companies among
the first to offer monthslong paid maternity leave? That is one of the points that
many observers think Netflix Inc. is trying to make with its recent announcement that
it will offer its salaried workforce a full year of paid parental time off following
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