Chobani, the Greek yogurt company run by billionaire HamdiUlukaya, is offering six weeks of paid parental leave to its more than 2,000employees, mostly factory workers who typically aren’t awarded suchperks.

The move puts Chobani at the center of an issue that finds rareagreement between Democrat Hillary Clinton andRepublican Donald Trump in the contentious 2016 U.S. presidentialelection. Both have released family-leave plans in recent weeks,marking the first time in U.S. history that candidates from the twomajor parties are offering proposals to mandate the benefit.

“Being a dad is also the hardest job I’ve ever had,” Ulukaya,who became a father this year, said in a letter to employeesWednesday. “It started a lot of conversations with folks about howwe can better support new parents here at Chobani.”

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