15 incredible perks for new parents beyond paid parental leave

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Increased parental leave policies have taken the US by storm of late, and this is great news for new parents or parents-to-be throughout the country.

Companies like Netflix, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Etsy that offer generous paid parental leave policies are putting to shame the country's lack of mandatory paid parental leave, and they're setting a new standard for the care of some of the country's most valuable employees.

And radical paid parental leave policies aren't the only way companies are helping new moms and dads through their transition to parenthood. 

Here's how employers are showing they value families and making life for new parents that much better with generous and unique perks: 

On-site childcare

A Google spokesperson tells Business Insider the company has four childcare centers near its Mountain View, California, headquarters, while Cisco boasts two childcare centers on its San Jose, California, campus.

Only about 7% of companies offer on-site childcare, Fortune reported.

Subsidized childcare

A Yahoo spokesperson tells Business Insider the company offers priority access to open slots at Children's Creative Learning Center in Sunnyvale, California, and a free premium Care.com membership to help employees find babysitters and nannies.

According to a Microsoft spokesperson, the company offers two programs to help employees pay for child care: one that offers employee discounts at many daycares across the country and another that subsidizes child care with several national child care providers.

Microsoft also offers subsidized back-up care for children, adults, and elders when there is an unexpected disruption in regular care and employees need to work.

With so many new children joining the Google family each year, a spokesperson says the company offers other caregiving benefits including one-on-one consultations to help parents in their child care search, discounts for nanny placement agencies, five free back-up child care days, priority access at Bright Horizons child care centers, and free premium membership to Care.com.

Other companies like Facebook and Intel also subsidize daycare costs.

Kid-friendly workplaces

PicMonkey, a Seattle-based photo editing startup, has a company policy that welcomes kids to its office any time during business hours.

Whether the daycare is closed, school is out early, or there's extra time after an appointment, a spokesperson tells Business Insider the company encourages parents to bring their kids to the office, which features a family room for keeping kids occupied.