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 a cesarean section.

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,

An executive order signed by Governor Mike Braun, will expand Indiana's paid parental leave for state employees.

A new executive order from the office of Indiana Gov. Mike Braun will strengthen paid parental leave for employees of the state of Indiana. Braun signed an order on Monday that will give all employed women who give birth six weeks of paid childbirth recovery leave,

Gov. Mike Braun signed an executive order Monday to expand paid leave benefits for state-employed Hoosiers.

The order provides six weeks of paid childbirth recovery leave for women who give birth and up to eight weeks for those who deliver via C-section.