Why employers should add SAFE leave to their PTO options

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It’s important to give employees the option to take the time to celebrate their best days, but it’s equally as important to offer them the same support when they’re facing the harder days, too. 

One in four women and one in nine men experience severe intimate partner violence in their lifetime, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Employers can make these situations a little less stressful by having a policy where workers are allowed to take paid-time off, called SAFE leave, during a time of crisis.

Paola Peralta
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Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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