Soros Open Society Foundations' 6-Month Paid Paternity Leave Leads Generous-Parental-Leave Club

Soros Open Society Foundations' 6-Month Paid Paternity Leave Leads Generous-Parental-Leave Club Sandra Schwarzer, global director of human resources at Open Society Foundations, one of the largest nonprofit organization in the world, and was delightfully surprised to learn that she and her organization are leaders in the recent paternity-leave movement gaining momentum at corporations large and small. Starting in January, 2014, George Soros's global organization announced that all of its 1,600 employees are eligible for six-months parental leave, half of it full pay, three months at 70 percent pay — with tons of flexibility of how they chose to use it. This benefit extends to the foundation's U.S. offices, which employ 450. It applies to mothers, fathers, custodial grandparents, births, adoptions, fostering and surrogacy.