‘Paid family leave is exacerbating the gender pay gap’: Nearly 500 companies pledge transparency around paid parental leave as talent war looms

As what’s being called the “Great Resignation” looms, companies are betting on transparency around their paid parental leave policy to not only attract talent, but to keep it. So far, nearly 500 companies, from startups to Fortune 500s, have signed up to publicly share their paid parental leave policies in a newly launched, public-facing database hosted by digital media company theSkimm.

It’s a move that theSkimm hopes will further push conversations around not only paid parental leave, but gender equality in the workplace. theSkimm itself offers employees 18 weeks of paid leave, with adoption, fostering and surrogacy included, bereavement leave for pregnancy loss, flexibility around returning to work and unlimited PTO, according to the company’s website.