Can Hassle- and Worry-Free Employee Leave Exist? This Trio Is on a Mission to Prove It | Entrepreneur

Mahima Chawla, Lauren Dai and Amber Feng founded Cocoon in June 2020 to take the pain out of employee leave. Here, Chawla shares three lessons she's learned since then.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. This article is part of the America's Favorite Mom & Pop Shops series. Read more stories As a mom of two, I’ve been on maternity leave twice in my career. There was a list of things I worried about, including when to tell my manager I was expecting, deciding how long I would take off and thinking about how to best transition projects to my team. The one thing I never worried about was the actual process of taking my leave — and it was an unexpected nightmare. There was no clear explanation of how to apply for state benef

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