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Finland also offers 11 weeks of leave for fathers. I guess most Nordic countries are liberal in giving leaves compared to other countries in the world. -- htt

Finland also offers 11 weeks of leave for fathers. I guess most Nordic countries are liberal in giving leaves compared to other countries in the world. -- http://www.kela.fi/web/en/paternal-leave http://www.kela.fi/web/en/paternal-leave

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seszett 13y ago
Same in France (plus three days of leave at childbirth) - http://www.ameli.fr/employeurs/vos-demarches/conges/le-conge-paternite/duree-du-conge-paternite.php http://www.ameli.fr/employeurs/vos-demarches/conges/le-conge... I believe it's mostly just Anglo-Saxon countries, or even just North American countries, that are reluctant to give leaves. EDIT- wait wait, it's only 11 DAYS. Not even comparable. But I think there's another type of longer leave with maybe other conditions, or something, congé parental.
- rquirk 13y ago
  Spain has 2 days at birth and then 13 days in the first 3 months (I think, it has been a while), but this was only increased in 2006 or so. Prior to that it was just 2 days total, at birth.
- petercooper 13y ago
  The UK (as Anglo as it gets ;-)) is 2 weeks: https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/overview https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/overview .. but up to 26 weeks if the mother goes back to work.
  - cdavid 13y ago
    With the small detail that you earn <= 136.78 pounds per week during this leave: https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/pay https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/pay. For women, it is the same after 6 weeks I believe. Paternity/Maternity leaves in UK are truely horrible compared to most continental countries.
    - petercooper 13y ago
      True, but even as a British working parent, I think I'd vote to stick with it though. It's expensive to offer those benefits and Norway and France, say, are rocking 43.6% and 44.6% of GDP as tax revenues respectively versus our 39% and we already feel hard done by as it is ;-) (Now if we could cull the military to pay for more social benefits, fine, but that'll never happen..)
hkmurakami 13y ago
Well, Nordic countries have a reputation for strong social support systems throughout, so I'm hardly surprised that they have great parental leave policies.
taneliv 13y ago
That's new, as of this year. It used to be 3 weeks, and the state would compensate ~60% of your salary. Some employers would cover the missing 40%, but I wonder if this tradition is going to extend to the full 9 weeks.

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seszett 13y ago

Same in France (plus three days of leave at childbirth) - http://www.ameli.fr/employeurs/vos-demarches/conges/le-conge-paternite/duree-du-conge-paternite.php http://www.ameli.fr/employeurs/vos-demarches/conges/le-conge... I believe it's mostly just Anglo-Saxon countries, or even just North American countries, that are reluctant to give leaves. EDIT- wait wait, it's only 11 DAYS. Not even comparable. But I think there's another type of longer leave with maybe other conditions, or something, congé parental.

rquirk 13y ago
Spain has 2 days at birth and then 13 days in the first 3 months (I think, it has been a while), but this was only increased in 2006 or so. Prior to that it was just 2 days total, at birth.
petercooper 13y ago
The UK (as Anglo as it gets ;-)) is 2 weeks: https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/overview https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/overview .. but up to 26 weeks if the mother goes back to work.
- cdavid 13y ago
  With the small detail that you earn <= 136.78 pounds per week during this leave: https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/pay https://www.gov.uk/paternity-pay-leave/pay. For women, it is the same after 6 weeks I believe. Paternity/Maternity leaves in UK are truely horrible compared to most continental countries.
  - petercooper 13y ago
    True, but even as a British working parent, I think I'd vote to stick with it though. It's expensive to offer those benefits and Norway and France, say, are rocking 43.6% and 44.6% of GDP as tax revenues respectively versus our 39% and we already feel hard done by as it is ;-) (Now if we could cull the military to pay for more social benefits, fine, but that'll never happen..)

hkmurakami 13y ago

Well, Nordic countries have a reputation for strong social support systems throughout, so I'm hardly surprised that they have great parental leave policies.

taneliv 13y ago

That's new, as of this year. It used to be 3 weeks, and the state would compensate ~60% of your salary. Some employers would cover the missing 40%, but I wonder if this tradition is going to extend to the full 9 weeks.