Shearman & Sterling Enacts Generous Family Leave Policy

Following a trend among biglaw firms, Shearman and Sterling has established a generous leave policy:

The U.S. lawyer that is the primary caregiver can receive up to 20 weeks of paid leave, up from 18 weeks of maternity leave. A staffer that is the primary caregiver of a new addition in their family can receive up to 14 weeks of paid leave, up from six weeks of leave for salaried staffers and no leave for hourly staffers. For those acting as the secondary caregivers, they will receive eight weeks of paid “new child care leave.” This is up from four weeks of paid leave for parents of either gender.

You can read more here at JDJournal.

 

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