Hilton Worldwide’s updated parental leave policies took effect on Jan. 1, 2016, and now cover both hourly and salaried team members at Hilton’s owned and managed properties, as well as the company’s corporate offices. The new policies aim to outpace the parental leave benefits offered by any other major global hospitality company in the United States and Puerto Rico.
The benefits available to Hilton team members at owned and managed hotels and corporate offices with one year of service or greater include:
- All new parents—including fathers and adoptive parents—receive two weeks of fully paid parental leave.
- New mothers who give birth receive an additional eight weeks of maternity leave, for a total of 10 weeks of fully paid leave.
As a possible caveat to the updated parental leave policy, Hilton noted that “benefits for union employees are governed by the applicable collective bargaining agreements.”
Hilton said the move should help support balance between work and family for its team members across all areas of the company. Hilton’s hourly employees in the U.S., who account for approximately 75 percent of the company’s U.S. workforce, will be covered under these new policies.
