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

By Cate Charron Indianapolis Business Journal For The Republic INDIANAPOLIS — State employees can now take an additional six to eight weeks of childbirth recovery leave under a new executive order signed by the governor Monday morning.

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,