Bloomberg Law
December 15, 2016, 9:38 PM UTC

Law Firm Adopts Gender-Neutral Family Leave Policy

Stephanie Russell-Kraft

Lowenstein Sandler has a new gender-neutral family leave policy that will grant primary caregivers up to 16 weeks paid parental leave and 24 weeks total leave upon the birth or adoption of a child, the firm announced Thursday.

The firm will also provide non-primary caregivers with up to eight weeks paid leave and up to 12 weeks total leave, as well as reimbursement for up to $5,000 of the cost of adoption. The policy changes came out of a recent LGBTQ initiative at the firm, according to managing partner Gary Wingens.

“We realized that it had been a little while ...

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