Lowe’s Joins Other Big Employers in Offering Paid Parental Leave
Under the policy, which goes into effect May 1, birth mothers will have 10 weeks of paid leave,
and all other parents — including fathers and adoptive, foster and same-sex parents — will have two weeks of paid leave.
Hourly employees are generally much less likely than salaried employees to receive paid leave,
but they are also less likely to be able to afford unpaid leave or newborn child care.
In the absence of a federal paid leave policy — the United States is the only industrialized country not to have one — companies
and some states and cities have been starting their own.
Lowe’s, which had been the only one that gave no employees paid time off after
they had a baby, announced a new leave policy for all new parents on Thursday.
By Claire Cain Miller
The 20 largest employers in the United States now offer paid parental leave to at least some of their workers.

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Eagles’ Chris Long Joins Malcolm Jenkins as N.F.L. Anthem Protests Continue
There was no way I could go out there and hide behind the game.” Bennett also called for white
players to join the protests: “It would take a white player to really get things changed
In the latest incident, Eagles defensive end Chris Long, who grew up in Charlottesville, Va., put his arm around his teammate
Malcolm Jenkins, while Jenkins raised his fist during the anthem at a preseason game in Philadelphia on Thursday night.
At least two prominent players have sat during the anthem this preseason: Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett on Sunday
and Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch, who has returned to the league this year after retirement, on Saturday.
“I think it’s a good time for people that look like me to be there for people that are fighting for equality,” Long, who is white, told reporters.
But we also have to understand the other side that people do have rights and we want to respect those.”
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