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We just saw Zoom and Deloitte cut maternity leave. And this is the first time we've heard
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of a big cut like this. What we've been hearing is firms adding benefits, firms
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saying that they are increasing their benefit package. Now Zoom and Deloitte, two major companies come out and say,
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"You know what? We're scaling it back. We're cutting back the number of months
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we offer for maternity leave. We are cutting back on who is covered. Certain categories of employees are going to
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have fewer months than others." And I think the reason that they can do that
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is because of the soft labor market. And so those two forces are going to be fighting each other where on one hand
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companies were making progress, but now they sense an opportunity that says, "Wait a minute. Jobs are in demand. We
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can afford to spend a little bit less to recruit and retain our employees."