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Newshound
31-03-2008, 01:54 PM
Both Myer and Aldi have recently announced the introduction of paid Maternity Leave, in Myer's case 6 weeks and Aldi 14 weeks at 50% pay (effectively 7 weeks). These are welcome but bold decisions for employers with a very high percentage of female staff.

This can only help Myer and Aldi in the competition to attract talent and will inevitably have a knock-on effect throughout both the retail sector and other industries. It will be interesting to see who the early adopters are in other industries.

Relevant news articles;
http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news-features/the-mother-of-all-battles/1212262.html
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23444006-5005941,00.html
http://www.insideretailing.com.au/articles-page.aspx?articleType=ArticleView&articleId=2564
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/retailers-lead-in-paid-baby-leave/2008/03/27/1206207302415.html