The Insurance Australia Group already provides 14 weeks paid leave but now it's doubling the salary of new mothers in its workforce for the first six weeks back in the job.
The ACTU says this should put pressure on other big banks and insurers to review their paid parental schemes.
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ACTU president Ged Kearney's told ABC Radio it's important for the economy to have women participating in the work place.
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