A new way to do leave

Get advice and guidance for a modern, empathetic approach to employee leave.

Expert opinion: Caring for caregivers

In a candid roundtable discussion, experts from the National Partnership for Women and Families, Docusign, Springbank Collective, and Culture Amp share how businesses can better care for caregivers.

May 11, 2023
Start writing your parental leave policy with our interactive template

Stumped on a parental leave policy? Our policy generator can help you flesh out the first draft, as you follow along with considerations outlined here.

May 10, 2023
How Superhuman’s compassionate leave and flexible PTO work together (policy text included)

When it comes to time off, Superhuman realized that both flexibility and specificity are key to truly supporting employees.

March 24, 2023
Paid leave benchmark report: How much paid leave companies are offering in 2023

Here's how much time leading employers are offering for paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave, plus benchmarks on tenure requirements and leave increments.

May 19, 2022
Introducing Cocoon’s compassionate leave policy: Flexible, private, and fully paid

We're open sourcing our policy for 4 weeks of paid, protected leave for employees to use at their discretion for bereavement, pregnancy loss, abortion care, mental health distress, or anything else life throws at them. Here's why.

January 6, 2022
How this Chief People Officer reduced time spent on leave by 98% with Cocoon

While Chad Herring was Chief People Officer at Snapdocs he saw the company grow 3x in just one year. Here’s how he scaled leave, calling the process before implementing Cocoon “annoying at best,” and today, “a complete success.”

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Introducing Cocoon’s compassionate leave policy: Flexible, private, and fully paid

We're open sourcing our policy for 4 weeks of paid, protected leave for employees to use at their discretion for bereavement, pregnancy loss, abortion care, mental health distress, or anything else life throws at them. Here's why.

May 19, 2022
How this Chief People Officer reduced time spent on leave by 98% with Cocoon

While Chad Herring was Chief People Officer at Snapdocs he saw the company grow 3x in just one year. Here’s how he scaled leave, calling the process before implementing Cocoon “annoying at best,” and today, “a complete success.”

January 6, 2022
Focus on Father’s Day 

Michael Wu, Deputy General Counsel at Carta, talks about the lasting impact parental and family leave can have, building benefits and supportive policies at a growing company, and the importance of taking time to focus on family.

September 20, 2021
May 11, 2023
Start writing your parental leave policy with our interactive template

Stumped on a parental leave policy? Our policy generator can help you flesh out the first draft, as you follow along with considerations outlined here.

May 10, 2023
How Superhuman’s compassionate leave and flexible PTO work together (policy text included)

When it comes to time off, Superhuman realized that both flexibility and specificity are key to truly supporting employees.

March 24, 2023
Paid leave benchmark report: How much paid leave companies are offering in 2023

Here's how much time leading employers are offering for paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave, plus benchmarks on tenure requirements and leave increments.

March 20, 2023
Introducing new Pay Insights in Cocoon

With even more clarity into employee pay information, Cocoon is empowering People teams to help employees when they need support most.

May 18, 2023
Expert opinion: Caring for caregivers
May 10, 2023
Start writing your parental leave policy with our interactive template
May 9, 2023
How Superhuman’s compassionate leave and flexible PTO work together (policy text included)
March 24, 2023
Paid leave benchmark report: How much paid leave companies are offering in 2023
March 20, 2023
Introducing new Pay Insights in Cocoon
March 15, 2023
Employee leave deserves a digital transformation
March 14, 2023
How Hatch supports families inside and out
December 14, 2022
5 tips for boosting benefit utilization
September 6, 2022
State and federal caregiver pay programs and laws employers need to know
September 6, 2022
Simplifying the leave experience for caregivers: Introducing caregiver leave in Cocoon
September 2, 2022
Why your company needs a caregiver leave policy (plus free policy generator)
September 2, 2022
How three caregivers handled family crises and careers
August 4, 2022
How Curology saves time and creates a values-aligned employee experience with Cocoon
July 25, 2022
Expert opinion: Supporting employees in a post-Roe America
June 22, 2022
The details of leave pay at employees’ fingertips: Introducing Pay Trackers in Cocoon
June 2, 2022
A leave experience employees (and people teams) deserve, featuring the Benchling team
May 6, 2022
How becoming parents changed the HoneyBook team’s approach to leave
April 4, 2022
Improving clarity for People teams & employees on leave: What’s new in Cocoon April 2022
March 22, 2022
How much paid leave companies are offering in 2022
March 15, 2022
Gem uses Cocoon to future-proof leave management as the company grows
March 3, 2022
What we learned from Airbnb and Curology about leading with empathy
February 15, 2022
5 types of progressive employee leave you may not have thought of yet
January 28, 2022
Building Cocoon: Our focus on a meaningful product and sustainable culture
January 24, 2022
4 tips for welcoming a team member back from leave
December 17, 2021
Why 2022 must be the year of the empathetic employer—and how to be one
November 18, 2021
4 ways people leaders can navigate the Great Resignation and reduce burnout
October 4, 2021
How our peers are managing leave in today’s rapidly changing world
September 24, 2021
A new way to do leave
September 20, 2021
Making Mother’s Day

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