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parental leave
noun [U] HR, WORKPLACEDefinition
› time that an employee is given by an employer to look after a new baby, a sick child, etc.: I had to take holidays when my son was sick because there was no parental leave. Only 3% of companies offer fathers paid parental leave for more than two weeks.
(Definition of parental leave noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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