(Caption for Photo: Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato signs the legislation for the new countywide family and sick leave policy, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026 at the Allegheny County Health Department, Downtown. Credit for Photo: Courtesy of Alexandra Wimley, Post-Gazette))

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) A policy for paid parental leave in Allegheny County was signed by Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato into law yesterday and it will go into effect in one year. 

This legislation calls for businesses that have 15 or more employees to provide 12 weeks of paid parental leave. 

Allegheny County becomes the first county in the state of Pennsylvania to pass paid parental leave and it is now the first county in the country to mandate a paid parental leave independently.