General Discussions

[kruddler]

Point taken on the PR to members of the community who embrace those lifestyle choices and I agree employees requiring that type of support will be keen on Coles as an employer. I wonder what it will do for other Coles employees though who may have other issues and cant access that type of special leave?
Have no doubt Woolies and Metcash who own stores of IGA brand will follow Coles lead.....

Announcing the leave is one thing. Taking it is another. How many people will actually qualify for it? How many of them will actually know about it 1 year from now when the whole thing is old news. Chances are its only for full time workers. Full time workers probably make (at most) 50% of their workforce.....and a lot of them are people who have been there for a decade or more and don't really fit the criteria.

Its like announcing special days for full time albino workers. Sure, its good optics and is progressive, but how many people does it actually apply too?

Will the others follow? Probably, but the damage is done. Coles have got all the headlines and did all the groundwork. They reap the good publicity.