What: the city's paid leave for new parents, currently 4 weeks for the birth parent plus 2 weeks for the other parent (usable within 12 months), against the state's 6 weeks plus 4 weeks for the non-birthing parent.
Where it stands: HR is evaluating raising the other parent to 4 weeks, restating leave as a flat 6 weeks and adding stillbirth language. The Council HR committee paused the proposal. The Commission on Women voted to support matching the state and then a tiered increase.
Next: the HR committee is expected to take it up on November 19; any cost would need budget review.
Details
The chair favors a tiered path to 12 weeks over a couple of years.
About 2,000 city employees; HR will share how many are affected.
Sources
YouTube auto-generated captions of the 2026-10-19 meeting.