Coke To Give New Dads Paid Time Off

By LEON STAFFORD, Orange County Register: Business
Tue, 04/12/2016 - 12:44pm

Coca-Cola on Tuesday became one of a small but growing number of companies offering paid leave for new fathers as well as mothers -- a step advocates say brings modernity to benefits packages stuck in the "Mad Men" era. The Atlanta beverage giant...

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