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Save Reuse Permission Editor’s Note: This article includes excerpts and adaptations, with permission of the publisher, Wiley, from The Parental Leave Playbook: 10 Touchpoints to Transition Smoothly, Strengthen Your Family, And Continue Building Your Career, written by Amy Beacom, Ed.D., and Sue Campbell.

Although this displays progression in the area of paid leave, Amy Beacom, founder and CEO at the Center for Parental Leave Leadership (CPLL), said the U.S. remains the only industrialized country without a national paid leave program /policy.

“There has been in increase in the past two years as companies feel the impact of not having it (paid parental leave) and the desire for employees to have it,” said Amy Beacom, Ed.D., CEO of the Center for Parental Leave Leadership.

.; ;Fear of the stigma that their employer will think poorly of them (33%); ;Worries that it may affect their career advancement (26%); ;Not wanting to leave coworkers with the workload (26%); “The barriers to meaningful paid leave are both systemic and cultural,” said Amy Beacom, the founder and CEO of the Center for Parental Leave Leadership, a consulting and coaching company.

Amy Beacom, founder and CEO of the Center for Parental Leave Leadership, agreed that more state laws are on the way.

Parental benefits fall into three categories: money, time and support,” said Amy Beacom, EdD, founder and CEO of the Center for Parental Leave Leadership and author of The Parental Leave Playbook (Wiley, 2021).

“There has been in increase in the past two years as companies feel the impact of not having it (paid parental leave) and the desire for employees to have it,” said Amy Beacom, Ed.D., CEO of the Center for Parental Leave Leadership.

(Amy Beacom, Ed.D., Center for Parental Leave Leadership, Amy Pytlovany, Ph.D., Center for Parental Leave Leadership, and Sue Campbell, Center for Parental Leave Leadership).