Vodafone CEO Russell Stanners (pictured) has announced a new maternity policy for the company's employees he says will save them $1800 a week. Photo: Greg Bowker.
Vodafone has launched a new maternity policy allowing its employees expecting children a month's extra leave.
Under the policy, primary caregivers employed by Vodafone and who return to work for the company within 12 months of the child being born will receive full pay for a 30-hour week for the
first six months.
The policy change will give new parents an extra day at home each week during the critical development stages of a child's life as a result, Vodafone CEO Russell Stanners said.
Expectant mothers will also be offered 16 weeks pro-rata paid leave, through an initiative that tops up the government's Paid Parental Leave to full pay, he said.
The move coincides with the increase in Paid Parental Leave being introduced by the government on 1 April, 2015, which is also when Vodafone's new policy comes in to effect.
