YSU expected to OK paid-leave program

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown State University Board of Trustees is expected to adopt the university’s first paid maternity/parental leave program this month.

Faculty and classified union employees got the paid leave for the first time as part of their new contracts negotiated earlier this year.

The trustees’ Internal Affairs Committee voted last week to approve the policy for all employees, and it will come up for a final vote before the board Sept. 19.

Under the proposed board policy, which mirrors the new faculty and classified employee contract terms, paid maternity leave offers up to six weeks of leave at current salary for recovery from childbirth and/or to care for and bond with a newborn or newly adopted child.

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