How One Company Made Its Parental Leave Truly Gender Neutral

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how one company—a mid-sized tech firm called PivotWorks—redesigned its parental leave policy to be fully gender neutral. Instead of separate maternity and paternity leave, they created a single 20-week paid leave for all new parents, regardless of gender or how they became parents. The hosts dig into the specific design choices: why the company avoided the term 'primary caregiver,' how they handled adoption and surrogacy, and what happened to uptake rates when the policy was announced. They also discuss the business case—how the policy helped retain women and non-binary employees, reduced stigma around men taking leave, and actually cut turnover costs. If you're interested in how inclusive benefits can be both ethical and strategic, this episode gives you one concrete model to learn from. #ParentalLeave #GenderNeutral #InclusiveBenefits #PivotWorks #FamilyLeave #Careers #DEI #Retention #WorkLifeBalance #AdoptionLeave #SurrogacyLeave #NonBinaryInclusion #PaidLeave #TurnoverCosts #HRBestPractices #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #WorkplacePolicy Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo