San Jose expands parental leave for police, city workers in effort to boost recruitment

More than 1,000 officers with San Jose’s police union will no longer have limited hours of parental leave to spend with family.

City officials have expanded the existing 40 hours of paid leave for workers to 320 hours, with all of San Jose’s major unions becoming eligible as of Oct. 22 — including officers with the San Jose Police Department. The benefit is part of last year’s negotiations with Staff Up San Jose, a coalition of city employee unions. Workers threatened to strike last year over lack of salary increases and family leave.