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more about #parentalleave more comments → Eric Northman is mine: You know in the UK they get a year's paid maternity leave? 3 months of paid leave in America is unforgivable, seriously 3 months!!!! more » dangerslut: I think that current FMLA laws in the US are the absolute best the US can do. W/o revamping the entire US employment system, of which a majority of st... more » Shamrockette: God forbid companies would care about their skilled employees and give them maternity/paternity leave after they give birth or to take care of a sick ... more » JinxyMcDeath: A fellow attorney at my firm (who is male) took 2 months off to care for his 2nd child when she was born. The firm paid for him in full. I thought tha... more » eibhinn: I was absolutely flabbergasted when I first heard about parental leave laws in the US (I'm Canadian). How can a country that so strongly apparently su... more » ellaesther: It continues to boggle my mind that employers don't understand that if they provide decent (not even European-style good, just decent) maternity leave... more » saintbernadette: Funny timing. My coworker just had to run out to pick up her baby daughter, who was pooing water, from daycare. more » Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): I am ashamed to say that I JUST found out that federal employees get NO paid maternity leave whatsoever. And I am a federal employee. Apparently there... more » Mama Penguino: I don't even expect leave without pay, but it would sure be nice for employers to offer more flex-time. more » Slumdog_Mamabear: And you can just flat out forget about Daddy getting any time off. My husband works in a male dominated industry and it was assumed that he would be... more » Beat Girl: Capitalism doesn't work. more » vamusical: My coworker stopped working, like, 5 days before she had her baby. My boss, unmarried man who works 24/7 and never puts down his blackberry, was tryin... more » Mafalda para Presidente: That's why I plan on marrying rich. Then my husband can support me while I give birth to our babies, because no rational employer would ever dream of... more » goodgirlrevolution: Holy! 3 months?? I feel so ignorant. I am Canadian and seriously just assumed that every gets 1 year maternity leave. more » SmallbutMighty: mysteriously, countries like norway and denmark that have very generous family leave programs have better quality of life, lower unemployment and stro... more » -
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A Reminder: Parental Leave Laws Still Suck
Right now, working Americans that have children get 12 unpaid weeks away from their jobs — as long as they work for big companies and worked there for 12 months prior. Otherwise, they're screwed. More »
