<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Forest Preserve District of Cook County - File #: 23-0249</title><link>https://fpdcc.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=6055044&amp;GUID=621A3E68-8008-4E26-8A7E-602EDC6574C6</link><description /><generator>Legistar</generator><ttl>15</ttl><atom:link href="https://fpdcc.legistar.com/Feed.ashx?M=LD&amp;ID=6055044&amp;GUID=621A3E68-8008-4E26-8A7E-602EDC6574C6" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><item><title>Forest Preserve District of Cook County - File #: 23-0249</title><link>https://fpdcc.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&amp;From=RSS&amp;ID=6055044&amp;GUID=621A3E68-8008-4E26-8A7E-602EDC6574C6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">621A3E68-8008-4E26-8A7E-602EDC6574C6-2023-12-12-15-04-46</guid><description>Title: REPORT

Department:  Department of Finance and Administration

Request:  Receive and File

Report Title:  Twelve-Week Paid Parental Leave Policy Financial Impact Analysis  

Report Period:  Two (2) years, 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2022 

Resolution 22-0551 was approved by the Forest Preserves of Cook County Board of Commissioners on January 24, 2023. The resolution called for the Forest Preserves of Cook County to submit a report providing the analysis and financial impact of a blanket 12-week paid parental leave policy for full-time Forest Preserves of Cook County employees.

As background, the current paid parental leave is concurrent with FMLA and consists of two (2) weeks paid leave for non-birthing parents, four (4) weeks paid leave for birthing parents with a non-surgical birth and six (6) weeks paid leave for birthing parents of a surgical birth. Alternatively, new parents can take up to six (6) months of unpaid leave, foregoing paid leave.

The Forest Preserves of Cook County reviewed data over a two-year period (January 2021 to December 2022). During that time eighteen </description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:04:46 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>