Walmart, the nation's largest private employer, said last month it will increase its starting wage for U.S. hourly employees to $11 and is handing out bonuses. It also said that full-time hourly U.S. employees will be able to get 10 weeks of paid maternity leave and six weeks of paid parental leave. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said in an address at the annual retail industry convention last month that its maternity and paternity leave struck the "strongest emotional chord."