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State and local laws, the war for talent and changing social expectations will lead more employers to implement or enhance paid-parental-leave programs and consider adding paid caregiver leave for family-related absences, said Simon Camaj, Mercer's national practice leader for life, absence and disability. "State and local statutory paid-leave requirements may snowball in the coming years, and employers will be taking a closer look at how their leave management and time-off strategies impact productivity and compliance," he noted.

With unemployment at historic lows, employers can expect that "a rapidly growing number of businesses will offer an equal share of paid parental leave to mothers and fathers," said Andy Przystanski, content marketing manager at HR tech firm Namely. He pointed to a 2018 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management that showed 29 percent of U.S. employers offered paid paternity leave in 2018 - up 8 percent since 2016.

TREND: Employers will increasingly get family-friendly

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