Dollar General Corp. announced Thursday new parental leave and adoption assistance benefits, effective April 1. The new parental-leave benefit will include two weeks of paid time off for all qualifying “parent” employees and an additional six weeks of paid leave for birth mothers. The company will also provide up to $4,000 in adoption assistance. The discount retailer’s stock, which was still inactive in premarket trade, has lost 4.3% over the past three months, while the SPDR S&P Retail ETF has gained 1.4% and the S&P 500 has advanced 2.8%.
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