Still not a silver bullet. Women would still be disproportionately effected and it would further incentivize discrimination on the basis of family status. You

Still not a silver bullet. Women would still be disproportionately effected and it would further incentivize discrimination on the basis of family status. You can tweak the parameters back and forth, but every solution will be imperfect. There is also the matter of if it would be mandatory for women. If so, that would be discriminatory against women, as single women would more frequently be forced to put their careers on hold than single men. If it is mandatory for men but not women, that is also discriminatory. Currently in the US, women cannot be forced to take maternity leave: http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-preg.html http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-preg.html