Bold moves in maternity leave payments

[Newshound]

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/new...s/1212262.html
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...005941,00.html
http://www.insideretailing.com.au/ar...articleId=2564
http://www.theage.com.au/news/nation...207302415.html