Publix Grocery Chain Starts Offering Paid Parental Leave

A photo showing shelves stacked with typical Latin foods and ingredients, such as black beans "Cuban Style," are shown at a Publix Sabor store in Hialeah, Fla., on May 13, 2009. Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo

LAKELAND, Fla.—The Publix grocery store chain will start offering paid parental leave to employees who are new parents, company officials announced Wednesday.

Eligible full-time and part-time workers will be able to take off the time during the first year of the birth or adoption of a child, starting with the new year, the Florida-based company said.