Facebook offers paid leave to victims of domestic violence


A woman uses her mobile phone to check Facebook in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. All employees globally will be able to take as many as 20 paid days off if they or a relative have been the victim of a crime, said the social network. — AFP

Facebook Inc chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said the social-media company is extending its paid leave policy to workers who are the victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse, at a time when violence in homes is on the rise.

All employees globally will be able to take as many as 20 paid days off if they or a relative have been the victim of a crime. Previously, only workers in the US were allowed to take unpaid leave, and only if they were the victim.

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