Schedules too but paid for leave benefits. Is this a trend that will grow . Thats our cover story today. Ne baby, new rules. Juggling family demands never easy but a recent study found 75 of Millennials Want Flexible Work hours and on track for a promotion. May be hard to have both because the Labor Department said 13 of u. S. Workers have access to paid family leave. The u. S. Is the only developed nation that doesnt require paid parental leave for mothers or fathers. That may be changing, at least in the tech world. We were noticing that most of our new moms were going off and ththey were takingta, if they c, they would take five to six months and they were stitching together personal time off. So we decided that given the average amount of time was five or six months, we would provide 26 weeks of fully paid benefits. Thats a half a year off. Netflix doubled that. A full year of paid leave for new moms and dads. Microsoft expanded its policy to give 20 weeks for mothers and 20 for fa
South and across the san mateo bridge eastbound. It went north on 880 through hayward and ended in san lenadro. The suspect was just taken interest custody. Our reporter was there when it 457ed. Sky 7 captured video of the case on the san mateo bridge at 9 00 this morning. Two people could be seen inside the stolen San Francisco chronicle Newspaper Delivery truck. The driver was able to exit eastbound 92 and sped through city streets before getting on 880 northbound. Several minutes later he exited the freeway at washington avenue on to san leandro city streets increasing the danger for officers and residents. The suspect dove on the wrong side of the road and took the van offroad next to the bart tracks and blew through several stop signs. At east 14th, the truck stopped and the passenger jumped out and hopped on a bicycle peddling away but he would not get far. Police arrested him. The driver left him behind and drove into a wooded upper in san lenadro area. Our camera saw the suspec
Sreenivasan those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan around the world, people welcomed the start of a new year and all the promise it holds. But for some in shanghai, the year began tragically after a street celebration turned into a stampede that killed 36 people. Anxious friends and relatives filled the waiting rooms at hospitals in shanghai today. They sought information about loved ones caught in the deadly stampede dur
Sreenivasan those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan around the world, people welcomed the start of a new year and all the promise it holds. But for some in shanghai, the year began tragically after a street celebration turned into a stampede that killed 36 people. Anxious friends and relatives filled the waiting rooms at hospitals in shanghai today. They sought information about loved ones caught in the deadly stampede dur
Apartment building. Four children rescued, including that boy who jumped. They are all doing okay. The fire started by food left on the stove. Surfers in Central California are keeping a close eye an the water after a surfer was bitten by a great white. The surfboard shows scars of the attack which happened yesterday. He was dragged under water by the juvenile great white and bitten on the hip. He was able to paddle to shore where he made a tourniquet with his leash cord. The biggest blessing was there was a woman doctor happened to be right there on the beach. She came don and gave a quick assessment of how bad the wound was. The man wise flown to the hospital. Another surfer says there was no warning. The shark came straight out of the depp ths. The beach is open but warning signs are posted. A man in alaska beat the odds not to mention the freezing temperatures. This happened with a snowmobile accident. That was just the start. Abcs aditi roy with the details. Yeah, i think its a mi