I can't believe this news - I work for a large accounting firm who announced today they are changing their maternity leave policy from 6-8 weeks at 100% pay to 18 weeks at 100% pay! We can take the remainder, up to 26 weeks total, as unpaid. To me this sounds unbelievablely supportive of working Mom's and Family care. They also increased their paid paternity leave from 2 weeks to 6 weeks. The only thing better would be to announce an on-property day care center!