{"id":2240,"date":"2018-10-01T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/167.172.54.60\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:40:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:40:29","slug":"expecting-more-than-a-baby-closing-the-employee-experience-gap-for-working-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.talking-talent.com\/us\/expecting-more-than-a-baby-closing-the-employee-experience-gap-for-working-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Expecting more than a baby: Closing the employee experience gap for working parents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"hero-article-6a0389eebee1b\" class=\"hero-article page-block page-block--pdtop-reg page-block--pdbot-reg\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pill-tag pill-tag--blue-20\">Working Parents &amp; Carers<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hero-article__date\">1 Oct 2018<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 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