Many people slammed the billionaire for reducing the holidays.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has made several changes to the platform and company policies since taking over the reins last year. The latest change is to reduce parental leave from 20 weeks — roughly 140 days — to just 14 days, according to company internal documents cited by The New York Times.
The change will affect employees who work in states in the US that do not have a paid leave policy.
“NEW: Twitter used to offer employees 20 weeks of paid paternity leave. This is being changed as required by law in the region where employees work, with a “top up” of two weeks of leave, internal docs According to NYT reporter Kate Conger said in a do,
According to a report in the New York Post, there is no federal law mandating paid parental leave in the United States. The Family and Medical Leave Act, however, allows for “unpaid, job-protecting leave for specified family and medical reasons” of up to 12 weeks for certain employees. However, it should be noted that there are 12 states that provide some type of paid family and medical leave. Employees are allowed up to eight weeks of paid leave in California under state law. Both New York and New Jersey allow up to 26 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in addition to 12 weeks. paid leave.
Many bashed the billionaire for curtailing the holiday as it would give mothers in several US states little time to rest, recover and spend time with their newborns.
“So let me get this straight… as an ex-Tweep who lives in MO – a state where employers are not required to grant any vacation time – I only get 2 weeks under this new policy Also, how does this not violate the takeover deal to protect profits for 1 year after closing?” said a user.
Another person commented, “Shame on Twitter. Only two weeks of paid vacation?! That’s not the way.”
A third person said, “As someone who has had the benefit of 20 weeks of Twitter for parental leave, I can say that being with my family during that time was a deeply meaningful experience. Take it away.” It’s _very_sh**** to do.”
Another user said, “Thus the gender pay gap has widened. A woman now has the option of either returning to work two weeks after giving birth or taking a longer, unpaid leave from work. 20 weeks’ paid parental leave.” Vacation mitigates it.”
“Only a company facing bankruptcy does that,” said one person.
Another user said, “You can’t obsess over falling birth rates and then encourage your employees not to have children.”