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> I'm not sure why the solution should be to discontinue offering parental leave. I'm not sure where you got the idea that I'm suggesting that solution. In fac
by gaur 10y ago
> I'm not sure why the solution should be to discontinue offering parental leave.
I'm not sure where you got the idea that I'm suggesting that solution. In fact, I explicitly said "I'm not saying parental leave is bad".
- CobrastanJorji 10y agoWell, what solution would you suggest?
- gaur 10y agoPolicies that encompass parental leave as well as more general family leave situations, obviously.
- jerf 10y agoAre you familiar with the provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_and_Medical_Leave_Act_of_1993 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_and_Medical_Leave_Act_o... I am not saying it will satisfy all your concerns. It is just my experience (having worked in an HR department a while back) that most people are not familiar with what is in there. It doesn't provide mandatory pay, but it does provide a lot of protections other than that. I also find a common reaction to it is to assert that it should do more, but when faced with the question of what to do when people start deliberately gaming it, the objections become a bit more muted. (Yes, in some sense it sucks that there's a condition on how long you've been employed before it kicks in, but it's quite unclear what the alternative is that would work in the real world.)
- johnchristopher 10y agoMight have something to do with the way you express it: « [..] choose to pop out more mouths to feed. »
- draw_down 10y agoCool, then we agree: extended parental leave is good.