I see you point, but in Sweden (at least) it is the state that pays the money to the person on paternity leave. It may of course still be a problem that a perso

I see you point, but in Sweden (at least) it is the state that pays the money to the person on paternity leave. It may of course still be a problem that a person is away for quite some time from work and in Sweden you would not be allowed to terminate their employment for this reason, but you would not have any costs for them specifically. When you are on paternity leave you get paid 80 % of your salary, but at most about 950 SEK ($147) per day. You can more or less divvy up the 390 days you get how you want between mother and father.