# Tools

Resources for modern People teams

## Advocate for paid leave

### Paid leave benchmark report

Cocoon’s new dataset of venture backed companies provides insight into how much time employers are offering for paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave across different company sizes and industries.

## Manage leave

### Employee leave intake guide

Use this guide to run your leave intake meeting with Cocoon’s help. Note: This works best for FMLA leaves, and assumes you have meetings with employees to plan their leave.

### Medical leave review checklist

Use our checklist as a guide when reviewing and approving medical leave requests.

### Vendor evaluation worksheet for variable support

Use this checklist to test whether your current leave management vendor can handle the compliance complexity of variable schedule employees. Ask these questions and grade their responses using our scoring guide.

### Leave pay 101 (and free tracking template)

Going on leave can be a lot, especially when there's a pay component—this guide is meant to help you navigate the process.

### Employee leave planner

Our interactive tool helps employees and HR teams understand the laws that apply to their unique leave circumstances based on their home state, leave type, and tenure.