S&P Global looks to lead the way with 2020 pivot to more inclusive benefits policies
The end goal is to support women in the workplace, but the data-analytics company approach is also more universally inclusive.
The United States, according to research from S&P Global, is the only country among the wealthy democracies that doesn’t have a law guaranteeing maternity or parental leave income. And that’s something S&P Global aims to change—starting with itself.
S&P Global, a data and financial-intelligence giant based in New York with 23,000 employees worldwide, offers 20 weeks minimum parental leave through birth, adoption, surrogacy, or foster additions to the family, a mix of paid and unpaid time off. This is impressive, considering the national average is four weeks. “We are among only 25% of those recognized [by Working Mother Media] who offer gender-neutral paid parental leave,” says Dimitra Manis, chief people officer for S&P Global.
The company is looking to lead the way on a new approach to employee relations, especially around benefits, and especially aimed at women—and now, in 2020, with an eye towards easing its people’s stress during the pandemic.
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