The State of Employee Leave: Sparrow’s Benchmark Report (2025 Edition)

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With the employee leave landscape consistently evolving, understanding the trends taking place and what is behind these changes has never been more important for employers to meet business needs, support their employees, and remain competitive. As the first end-to-end leave management platform, Sparrow has managed over 2,000,000 days of employee leave, providing invaluable data and insights into shifts in how companies like yours are managing employee leave benefits. In this report, we share findings from over 30,000 leaves and the analysis of 600 company policies to provide guidance on key considerations, such as:

- Open questions on the Family and Medical Leave Act and how employers are adapting leave policies to ensure compliance while meeting the needs of a modern workforce.

- How companies like yours are shaping employee leave benefits to meet employee expectations, with benchmarks on types of leave (including more niche, but important cases) and how much leave to offer.

- Trends in how employees are using leave, to better understand shifts in employee needs and expectations, and what direction these may be heading in.

Download the full report today to understand how companies are managing employee leave and stay ahead in an increasingly complex landscape.

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