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Can I have your job please?

• teekert 10y ago
  It's partly the job, partly the country I think. For example, I only get 2 days off (paid) when my daughter was born. My wife gets about 6 weeks. We complain it's unnatural for a woman to work while she should still properly breast feed and complain that I'm needed at home badly now. We look jealously to Finland where they get more than 100 days, even when you are self-employed and men get over 10 weeks off. All paid. Yeah, taxes I know but also, less stress.
  • koolba 10y ago
    If you're self employed who pays 100 days of salary? Does it come from the government and, if so, wouldn't it be very easy to game that system by paying yourself a high salary just prior to taking leave?
    • teekert 10y ago
      It comes from the government (so it's wealth redistribution to parents), I'm sure on the details, I'm not Finnish, I just googled for some details [0]. I believe that in Germany you get 1 year, to be divided as seen fit between the two parents, that also sounds nice. [0] http://www.inhabitots.com/finlands-family-benefits-prove-why-its-ranked-the-number-one-place-in-the-world-to-be-a-parent/ http://www.inhabitots.com/finlands-family-benefits-prove-why...