Spotify to offer staff six months' parental leave on full pay

Swedish music streaming firm will backdate policy so all its 1,600 employees worldwide with a child born after 1 January 2013 are eligible

Spotify is to offer staff up to six months' parental leave with 100% pay as part of a global policy it says recognises the importance of "a healthy work-family balance".

The Swedish company, which launched its music streaming service in 2008 and now has 75 million users, will backdate the policy so that every one of its 1,600 worldwide employees with a child born after 1 January 2013 will be eligible.