News releases

This is where you’ll find the latest news releases issued by the company, as well as archived earlier Unum announcements, and research we’ve published on topics of importance to employers and the industry.
New tool from Unum helps dads, moms and HR teams manage parental leave

As the nation prepares to honor its dads this Sunday, recent research from UNICEF spotlights a stark reality that almost two-thirds of the world’s children less than a year old (nearly 90 million) live in countries where fathers are not entitled by law to take paternity leave. The U.S., which has nearly 4 million births per year, is one of eight countries with no national law guaranteeing paid parental leave for either moms or dads.

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