Two city councilors have proposed a local law that would create Boston's first paid parental leave policy for city employees, a step that one expert said sends a strong message to other Massachusetts employers.
The proposal by City Councilors Michelle Wu and Tim McCarthy would grant up to six weeks of paid parental leave to both men and women, as well as same-sex couples, who have worked for the city for at least a year and do not belong to a union.
"This ordinance will help alleviate some pressure on working parents who have to make tough choices every day to do the best they can for their families," said Wu, a new mother.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh said he will sign the ordinance if the council passes it, and he hopes businesses consider adopting similar policies. A spokeswoman said the cost would depend on how many employees take advantage of it.
"It does send a strong signal," said Brad Harrington, executive director of the Boston College Center for Work & Family. "Everybody who operates around the city is going to observe what it does. ... It takes action at the level where action can best be taken, given the fact that Washington seems to be in gridlock over everything. Virtually every country in the world offers paid maternal leave, and about 75 countries have paid paternal leave. As a matter of national policy, the U.S. offers neither."
As a state representative, Walsh was the lead sponsor of a law that takes effect April 7 and broadens the state's 1972 maternity leave act to also give new fathers — at companies with as few as six employees — eight weeks of unpaid leave.
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