Allegheny County nurses win nation's first countywide 12-week paid parental leave policy
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Allegheny County Council voted 11 to 4 on October 20, 2026, to pass a 12-week paid parental leave policy, the nation's first at county scale. Nurses at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, working with parents and advocates, launched the campaign on Mother's Day after witnessing parents forced to return to work while infants remained in neonatal intensive care.
This is a county-level policy; implementation details and funding mechanisms are not described in the article.
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