The Allegheny County Board of Health met on September 16, 2026, to discuss revisions to the proposed paid parental leave ordinance it issued earlier this year. The Board will now consider the revised measure and reconvene for a vote on September 28.

Quick Hits

• The Allegheny County Board of Health is reviewing amendments to a proposed paid parental leave ordinance issued in May 2026 that would shorten the length of paid leave from eighteen to twelve weeks and revise employer eligibility from all employers to those with fifteen or more employees.
• The Board will vote on whether to approve the paid parental leave policy as amended on September 28, 2026.

In May 2026, the Allegheny County Board of Health proposed amendments that would add a mandatory paid parental leave requirement to the Allegheny County Health Department’s rules and regulations for private employers. The original proposal included the mandate that employers of all sizes in Allegheny County (the county in which the city of Pittsburgh sits) provide eighteen weeks of paid leave to eligible employees. After the submission and review of more than 1,500 comments during the comment period, the Board has now introduced a revised version of the proposal which is intended to appease some of the business community’s concerns. The proposal made the following changes:

• Leave amount lowered to twelve weeks from the originally proposed eighteen weeks
• The maximum weekly paid parental benefit is set to $4,200 for full-time...

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