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For comparison, Norwegian employees have the right to take in total (both parents combined) 49 weeks paid parental leave at 100% of their salary, or 59 weeks at
by marvin 11y ago
For comparison, Norwegian employees have the right to take in total (both parents combined) 49 weeks paid parental leave at 100% of their salary, or 59 weeks at 80% of their salary. For heterosexual couples, the father is required to take 10 weeks leave and the mother is required to take 9 weeks leave.
- Jtsummers 11y agoWhy the difference for what mothers are required to take? Is it assumed that they're already taking a week for the delivery and initial recovery that isn't counted against the total?
- marvin 11y agoI don't know the reasoning behind the rules. I think it's safe to say that almost no couples distribute their parental leave so that the biological mother has less than 10 weeks leave, and few have significantly less leave for the mother than the father. It's probably just an artifact of some sort; it has no practical significance. I'm pretty sure that the 49/59 weeks include delivery though.