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This is a great step! As a contrast, in Canada maternity/parental leave is baked in to every job. See http://www.esdc.gc.ca/en/reports/ei/maternity_parental.pa
by tonyarkles 11y ago
This is a great step!
As a contrast, in Canada maternity/parental leave is baked in to every job. See http://www.esdc.gc.ca/en/reports/ei/maternity_parental.page#h2.1-h3.1 http://www.esdc.gc.ca/en/reports/ei/maternity_parental.page#... It's not perfect (there's a cap on how much money it will pay), but it's universal. There's 35 weeks, and it can be divided between mother and father however the family sees fit.
- jamesblonde 11y agoSame here in Sweden. Except it is 390 days that can be used by either parent until the child turns 7 years old. Minimum of 90 days for both parents
- hias 11y agoIt is similiar in Germany :-) I am shocked that there isn't a nationwide policy for this in the US :-(
- disillusioned 11y agoOne of only two countries in the world with no paid maternity leave! Thanks, corporate lobbyists!
- acveilleux 11y agoLonger in Quebec (we do pay an additional contribution into the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan to fund it.) Generally here the mother gets 18 weeks, the father 5 and there's a further 32 weeks to share between the two as the parents see fit. There's similar benefits for adoption and I don't remember the rules for LGBT couples but there are some. There's also an alternate schedule that trades less weeks for a larger fraction of the pre-leave salary.