Yum! Brands, the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has expanded its parental leave policy for employees at its U.S. headquarters in Kentucky, California and Texas. Employees who give birth are now entitled to 18 paid weeks off, and other parents — including adoptive and foster parents — are entitled to six paid weeks […]
After reading Facebook Inc.’s announcement of extended family and bereavement leave, one Canadian company was inspired to rethink its own human resources policies. “Wow. Honestly, I’m a CEO of a small company in Canada,” Leigh Himel, founder and co-chief executive officer of marketing agency Gravity Partners Ltd. in Toronto, commented on Facebook’s post. “No marketing agencies I […]
Facebook has doubled its bereavement leave offerings, allowing employees up to 20 paid days of leave when an immediate family member passes away, and up to 10 days following an extended family member’s death. “People should be able both to work and be there for their families,” chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg wrote in a […]
Starbucks is expanding its parental leave benefits for U.S. employees effective October 2017, according to the company’s website. Birth mothers, who currently receive six weeks of leave at 67 per cent of average pay, will be eligible for the same number of weeks but at 100 per cent of their average pay. Birth mothers who […]