Mayor Jake Day unveiled Salisbury’s newest benefit for municipal employees at the semi-annual City all-staff meeting earlier this month. Day announced that Paid Parental Leave would now be available to all FMLA-eligible employees in the event of child birth or adoption.
With a workforce of over 430 dedicated civil servants, the City of Salisbury continues to grow, standing at the forefront of economic and cultural development on the Delmarva Peninsula. Salisbury’s paid parental leave program went into effect at the start of the new fiscal year, on July first, after having been passed with the unanimous support of the City Council. Running in conjunction with FMLA, the policy enables employees to take up to six weeks of fully paid leave in the event of child birth or adoption.
In addition to supporting City employees and their families by allowing parents to bond with their newborn or recently-adopted children, it is the hope of the Mayor and Council that this benefit will also help make municipal jobs more attractive, and aid in employee retention.
Mayor Day remarked, “I am proud to offer this new benefit to our City employees. With this initiative, we once again stand at the vanguard of small cities in America, as we set an example for others to follow. In providing paid parental leave, we are acting not only on our commitment to our employees, we are reaffirming our commitment to their families as well.”
