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Wage inequality and higher education I agree with, but we do quite well with parental leave don't we (the UK)?
by Accacin 10y ago
Wage inequality and higher education I agree with, but we do quite well with parental leave don't we (the UK)?
- dagw 10y agobut we do quite well with parental leave don't we Relative to the US, absolutely. Relative to Scandinavia, not really.
- emodendroket 10y agoIt'd be literally impossible to do worse than the US though.
- Accacin 10y agoI mean, we're talking about Europe as whole. The UK has the highest maternity though paternity is much worse but still better than quite a few EU countries.
- alkonaut 10y ago> but we do quite well with parental leave don't we (the UK) No. No you don't. :)
- Accacin 10y agoMaternity leave in the UK is the highest in the EU. Paternity is much less generous, though still better than a lot of other countries.
- alkonaut 10y agoThe new (2015) UK rules are more generous, but still not the "highest in the EU" (c.f Sweden's 480 paid days). Swedes also don't need to take it at full rate meaning you can e.g make it a 2 year leave with lower pay. That might be possible in the UK too. Typical Nordic is 12 month maternity + 6month paternity I.e until the child is 18months.