Director of Benefits, Bellwether Consulting
Accepted answer
We set a global floor of 14 weeks at full pay three years ago, 2,000 people in nine countries. The wording that saved us was that the company tops up to full pay for the floor period and local law applies in full beyond it. So in Germany the benefit is really a pay top-up during the early part of leave, while in the US it is the whole thing.
We assumed 4% of headcount would take it each year and it has run at 2.9%. Be ready for German colleagues asking why they appear to get less; they do not, but the top-up is less visible there.
