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Outside of whatever your employer's policy is, it's a state rather than federal matter. It's perhaps a bit reductive to treat the USA as a whole in terms of hea

Outside of whatever your employer's policy is, it's a state rather than federal matter. It's perhaps a bit reductive to treat the USA as a whole in terms of healthcare. I'm about to go on paternity leave in 2 weeks until the end of the year. California will directly pay me some amount for 8 weeks of it due to paying the relevant workers comp taxes. Companies within the state are required to allow at least 12 weeks of unpaid leave. I work for a great, supportive company that will pay whatever the difference is to make my salary whole. In general, I set my own schedule and am able to prioritize my family's well being over work. My wife's preference is to raise our children, and we're lucky enough to be able to live comfortably on my income alone. Anecdotally, that was the case for our first child as well, and my wife still suffered from rather severe post partum depression a bit less than a year after giving birth.

kodah 4y ago
> it's a state rather than federal matter. It's perhaps a bit reductive to treat the USA as a whole in terms of healthcare. The person you're responding to is Brazilian. To most people outside of the US there is a wrong assumption that the entire United States is a monoculture with one mind and one voice. It's also a readily abundant point of view on the internet. It's almost like judging the entirety of British culture off of the sum of the Harry Potter stories.
- neves 4y ago
  The fact that it isn't a federal law, makes it an USA thing. Were aren't talking about some states giving 1 year and other giving 10 months. Brazil is a median income country and our society decided that every woman gets 120 days (17.14 weeks) of paid maternity leave. Good companies give 180 days. The salary is paid by Social Security
  - sgtnoodle 4y ago
    Federalization of everything isn't a panacea, and the history and internal culture and politics of the USA mean certain societal problems are most pragmatically addressed at the state level. It sounds like a pretty nice deal for mothers in Brazil, though. Googling the paternity leave policy, fathers in Brazil are only entitled to five days paid leave. In my personal situation, 8 weeks seems pretty nice in comparison. For a nuclear family, that's potential for 16 weeks total, vs. Brazil's ~18 weeks. Also keep in mind that, legally within California, there's a distinction between paid leave for parental bonding vs. paid leave for recovering from injuries related to pregnancy. I believe mothers in CA are entitled to up to 52 weeks of paid leave if their medical situation warrants it. What's the equivalent social policy in Brazil?

kodah 4y ago

> it's a state rather than federal matter. It's perhaps a bit reductive to treat the USA as a whole in terms of healthcare. The person you're responding to is Brazilian. To most people outside of the US there is a wrong assumption that the entire United States is a monoculture with one mind and one voice. It's also a readily abundant point of view on the internet. It's almost like judging the entirety of British culture off of the sum of the Harry Potter stories.

neves 4y ago
The fact that it isn't a federal law, makes it an USA thing. Were aren't talking about some states giving 1 year and other giving 10 months. Brazil is a median income country and our society decided that every woman gets 120 days (17.14 weeks) of paid maternity leave. Good companies give 180 days. The salary is paid by Social Security
- sgtnoodle 4y ago
  Federalization of everything isn't a panacea, and the history and internal culture and politics of the USA mean certain societal problems are most pragmatically addressed at the state level. It sounds like a pretty nice deal for mothers in Brazil, though. Googling the paternity leave policy, fathers in Brazil are only entitled to five days paid leave. In my personal situation, 8 weeks seems pretty nice in comparison. For a nuclear family, that's potential for 16 weeks total, vs. Brazil's ~18 weeks. Also keep in mind that, legally within California, there's a distinction between paid leave for parental bonding vs. paid leave for recovering from injuries related to pregnancy. I believe mothers in CA are entitled to up to 52 weeks of paid leave if their medical situation warrants it. What's the equivalent social policy in Brazil?