FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY BUSINESSES
Calculate your paid parental leave costs
Allegheny County is requiring 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Estimate your costs.
Paid parental leave is tied to better employee outcomes than almost any other offering, responsible for driving down rehiring costs, keeping valuable talent, and building healthier workplaces.
Enter as much information as possible and we'll reach out. Right now, only companies can purchase paid parental leave, not individuals.
Once your policy is confirmed, you will sign contracts and pay your premium.
We will provide materials for you to announce your paid parental leave policy, including signage and posters for break rooms, employee handbooks, and digital announcements.
Your new paid parental leave policy is compliant with Allegheny County's requirements, covering child bonding qualifying events.
County mandated paid parental leave is new, and we're here to answer as many questions as possible.
Allegheny County is proposing a requirement that employers provide employees with Paid Parental Leave. The initial proposal is for 18 weeks of paid parental leave an employee to care for or bond with their child during the first eighteen months after the child's birth, or the first eighteen months after the placement of the child from adoption or foster care.
All employees, including self-employed individuals, who have worked for at least 30 days will be eligible. Seasonal employees who work less than 16 weeks per calendar year, independent contractors, and state and federal employees are ineligible.
All employers within Allegheny County are affected. If you have a physical location in the county or have employees who work within the county limits (even remotely), you may be required to offer paid parental leave.
Some employers will self-fund the paid parental leave, meaning they'll pay employees for the full 18-weeks out of their own operating budget, but this becomes difficult to predict and budget for. Private insurance solutions, like Parento, will provide one fixed premium that covers all employees, even if there's a baby boom, for the 18 weeks.
