Yahoo Ups Competition in Employee Perks

Yahoo! That's what parents and parents-to-be who work at the Internet company probably said after hearing news of its more generous maternity and paternity leave policy. The company, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., will give mothers up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave, which also applies to adoption, foster child placement, and surrogacy, and fathers will have eight paid weeks. New parents will also get a $500 cash bonus for things like child care and groceries, according to a spokeswoman...Full Story