How to Lobby Your Employer for Adoption Benefits

For working people who want to adopt, the need to take time off without pay doesn’t have to put adoption beyond your financial means.

By Elizabeth A. Mair

From 2002 Adoptive Families Magazine

“If anyone is seeking an issue for which to crusade in his workplace, may I suggest employee adoption benefits? If you are “waiting,” this is the time to make a pitch to your employer to institute or improve these benefits. If you have already completed your adoption, you can certainly remember that your employer undoubtedly could have provided more support with paid leave, adoption fee reimbursement or both. ” – From the Article

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