I hope these policies influence other employers to follow in kind (perhaps even outside of tech.) I'm skeptical that we'll ever see, for example, statutory parental leave in the US.
This would kill some smaller companies in the US. You can get away with this in larger corps since there is enough staff to fill in for parents. Even with the modest leave we offer at our campany, it was insane a few years back when we had a large "bump" in the number of new parents. Lost a few non-parent staff that got burned out covering for the parents and the attitude/entitlement wars that ensued. :(