IKEA's known for doing some pretty cool stuff, like raising money for Syrian refugees by building typical replica homes, to turning kids' drawings into stuffed animals.

However, it looks like the retailer is also extending the goodness to their employees as well: by offering new parents 4 months of fully-paid paternity and maternity leave.

U.S. businesses aren't typically world-renowned when it comes to vacation, sick, and maternity paid leaves when compared to other first-world countries.

The new initiative not only applies to salaried employees, but also hourly and part-time mothers and fathers.

The move from such an influential and successful retailer like IKEA has many wondering if it's help change US policy towards national maternity leave.

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