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Brewer of Carling and Coors launches equal parental leave policy

All new parents will be offered up to 52 weeks of leave regardless of gender

Laura Lee, managing director of Ireland for Molson Coors Beverage Company said the new policy was “a really important step”. Picture: Cactus Images

Molson Coors Beverage Company, the brewer of Coors, Carling and Madri Excepcional, is introducing an equal parent leave policy.

Under the new policy all new parents will be entitled to 52 weeks of leave regardless of gender. Twenty six weeks will be fully paid and a parent is eligible for another 12 weeks of full pay if the baby is in neonatal care.

New parents that choose to take more than 26 weeks leave will ...