Netflix Expands Parental Leave Benefits for Hourly Employees
- Streaming, DVD, customer-service workers get added pay
- Groups had criticized hourly laborers' exclusion from perks
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Netflix Inc. expanded parental benefits for hourly workers in its streaming, DVD and customer-service divisions, granting full pay for maternity leave and including paternity and adoptions as well.
Hourly employees in Netflix’s streaming operation will receive as many as 16 weeks at full pay for maternity, paternity and adoptions, the Los Gatos, California-based online TV network said Wednesday in an e-mailed statement. For DVD-by-mail, it’s 12 weeks, and customer-service workers will be covered for 14 weeks.