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Parental Leave in 2026: Benchmarks, Costs & Competitive Strategies 

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Employers are under increasing pressure to offer competitive parental leave programs that attract and retain talent without creating an unsustainable financial burden. So how do you know what “competitive” actually looks like, and what approach makes the most sense for a company of your size?

This data-driven webinar turns parental leave benchmarking into actionable insights. Drawing from Sequoia’s 2026 Benefits Benchmarking Report, featuring data from thousands of employers, we translate how organizations across the market are structuring cost-conscious parental leave programs, what competitive leave programs look like today, and where there are opportunities to stand out.

In this session, you’ll learn:

  • The latest parental leave trends and benchmarks from thousands of employers
  • How leave offerings differ by company size and growth stage
  • What employees increasingly expect from parental leave programs
  • Cost-conscious approaches to designing competitive parental leave benefits
  • Actionable recommendations for startups, mid-sized companies, and large enterprises

Leave with the market insights and strategic structure guidance needed to build a parental leave program that helps you attract and retain top talent while keeping benefits investments aligned to business goals.

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Featured Speakers

Shannon Arens

Shannon is Director of Wellbeing at Sequoia, specializing in market insights, industry trends, and strategic initiatives to enhance employee wellbeing for clients. With a keen eye on the ever-changing wellbeing landscape, Shannon is focused on helping employers prioritize what will best address the needs of their people.

Dylan Hughes

Dylan has almost a decade of experience delivering market insights on compensation and benefits with a primary focus on benchmarking. He leads the market insights program at Sequoia, which provides the latest analytics, market trends, and benchmarking data.

Joshua Lucchina

Josh leads Sequoia’s Leave Advisory practice. With over a decade of expertise in consulting and underwriting, he works closely with large, complex clients to optimize their life, disability and leave of absence programs to align with business goals and workforce expectations. 

Chelsea Piedad

As a Business Consultant for Sequoia One Chelsea has a decade of experience helping small to medium-sized business with their human capital management, compensation, and benefits strategies. She specializes in helping VC- and PE-backed tech startups manage their largest spend—their people—and reach their business goals faster.