New moms employed by the state of Indiana will now get an additional six weeks of paid leave for “childbirth recovery,” or eight weeks for employees who gave birth via

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has signed an executive order strengthening paid parental leave for state employees, and adding paid leave for childbirth and grief leave for stillbirth. In a press release, the governor's office highlighted that the signings come less than a week before International Women's Day on Saturday,

Mike Braun signed an order on Monday to support Indiana state employees who are recovering both physically and emotionally from childbirth.Contrary to previous policies, this parental leave applies to all state workers,