"I’m also excited to tell you that we’re making an important change to benefits by expanding our paid leave policy to provide full-time hourly associates with 10 weeks of paid maternity leave and six weeks of paid parental leave. This expanded parental leave also applies to salaried associates and to parents who adopt. We will also contribute $5,000 to the cost of adoption. I recently heard from two associates on this topic—one through an open door note and one at a town hall. Both pointed out how limited our policy was for adoptive parents so we’re happy to be addressing that concern now. Families are a priority to us and connecting with and caring for a new family member is obviously important." This is the press release from Doug McMillan to associates. As someone who works for Wal-Mart, I am SO excited about this. Hopefully more major companies will follow suit. EDIT: Another announcement I saw once I got to work is that it will be 10 weeks at 100% pay and then 6 weeks at 50%. Even better