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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Netflix's New, Generous Parental Leave Policy

    Netflix has a new parental leave policy that’s generous even by cushy Silicon Valley standards. New moms and dads at the streaming video service now get up to a year of unlimited, paid time off. Most American workers get only three months of unpaid family leave. Is the company leading the way to better work-life balance?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 5, 2015 • 1 min read

    Netflix has a new parental leave policy that’s generous even by cushy Silicon Valley standards. New moms and dads at the streaming video service now get up to a year of unlimited, paid time off. Most American workers get only three months of unpaid family leave. Is the company leading the way to better work-life balance? Or can unlimited time off backfire?

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Netflix's New Parental Leave Policy, Making L.A.: Public Spaces
    1. 0:00Netflix's New, Generous Parental Leave Policy You’re reading this
    2. 11:25Can More Federal Oversight Fix L.A. County Jails?
    3. 17:32New L.A. Gun Regulations Aim to Keep Kids Safe
    4. 25:54Making L.A.: Public Spaces
    5. 40:58Designing the 1984 Olympics
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