Adobe extends paid parental leave for primary caregivers to 16 weeks

The software company will also offer four weeks with full pay to non-primary caregivers as part of tech industry push to sweeten benefits to retain top talent

Adobe is the latest tech company to extend its paid parental leave policy after Netflix said it would offer corporate employees up to a year of paid leave to care for new babies.

Adobe Systems Inc said Monday that it will offer parents who are the primary caregivers 16 weeks of paid leave after the birth or adoption of a child. That's in addition to 10 weeks of paid medical leave following childbirth, so a new mother could take a total of 26 weeks off - up from the current nine weeks.