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Parental leave as currently implemented in European countries incentivize having children later in life which is happening resulting in less children overall. T
by bluecalm 8y ago
Parental leave as currently implemented in European countries incentivize having children later in life which is happening resulting in less children overall.
There is absolutely no reason employers should be burdened by parental leave. If we as a society decide we want to support parents let's collect enough taxes and have the government pay. If the support is independent of your job status and salary it will remove twisted incentive to wait till your 30s do have children (which is the case when benefits are based on your current salary).
- Symbiote 8y agoDo you have any source for that? My parental leave entitlement has been the same since my first job after graduation at 22.
- bluecalm 8y agoWhat country? Here it is percentage of your pay (or more precisely it's based on how much social insurance you paid last month and this is based on your current pay). I am under impression it's implemented that way in all of Europe.
- Symbiote 8y agoYou should correct your impressions. You have made about 23 comments in this discussion, many regarding "your country", but you haven't stated it once. You've then generalised across all of the EU based on the one country.