05-19-2015, 05:47 PM
(05-19-2015, 05:39 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: http://fortune.com/2015/02/05/paid-parental-leave-costs/
Just looked at the costs.... Seems a few states are already doing it... The problems might be with unionized groups. They already have insane amounts of time off.
A mom should get 90 days and a dad 20-30. At 50% pay.
50% pay? There are 6 countries in the world that do it at 50% pay for paid maternity leave, none pay lower if it is paid. Those six are: Somalia, Libya, Botswana, Nigeria, Central African Republic, and Paraguay.
Now, don't get me wrong, these countries at least have paid maternity leave, so that makes it slightly more shameful that this country doesn't. But I think if we were going to do paid maternity leave, even at a state level, maybe we could do better than those 6 countries.
Edit: My bad, add Cambodia to that list.
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