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  • #1

    Maternity Leave

    Quick Video
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ziPPItLiSY


    What say you?

    When we lived in Europe, we qualified for paid maternity leave (both dh and I). In fact, I was not ALLOWED to work the last 8 weeks of my pregnancy and I got a full paycheck. It's all about investing in the future of the country.

    Here, only 11% of women qualify for any sort of paid time off after baby is here and only a handful qualify for the 12 weeks unpaid leave.

    What do you think about the video? How do you feel about the fact that we are so backwards when it comes to the rest of the world? (Ha. Do you like how I asked that?)

    Kris
    ~Mom of 5, married to an ID doc
    ~A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss
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  • #2
    I think we could definitely do more and I am very grateful for the 7 weeks of paid leave I got twice.

    That being said...it ain't free
    Married to a newly minted Pediatric Rad, momma to a sweet girl and a bunch of (mostly) cute boy monsters.



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    • #3
      Nothing is free. It's just a matter of how we spend the money we take from everyone in taxes.
      ~Mom of 5, married to an ID doc
      ~A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss

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      • #4
        Or raise them. I have a hard time believing this could happen without raising them. And it might totally be worth it. But I don't think the money is just there. Let's not forget that the countries with the best leave policies don't normally have high birth rates either--they are trying to increase births!
        Married to a newly minted Pediatric Rad, momma to a sweet girl and a bunch of (mostly) cute boy monsters.



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        • #5
          It seemed really slanted and with a clear agenda. There is no discussion about the advantages of keeping the government out of mandating how private companies do business.

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          • #6
            I'm not a fan of requiring employers to pay that out. Bigger corporations might be able to, however I think it could be devastating to small businesses. It's not fair to the people left behind who would have to take a pay cut and/or work more to cover the loss. I could be persuaded to have the government step in to make up the difference, but I'm not sure how helpful that is. The decision to have children (or additional ones) is a complex one and I think the amount of paid time off is relatively small factor. Birth rates in Europe are disastrous and these policies are hardly making a dent.

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            • #7
              Oh I assumed it would have to be gov funded. I can't imagine at all how that burden could be placed on anything but the biggest corporations
              Married to a newly minted Pediatric Rad, momma to a sweet girl and a bunch of (mostly) cute boy monsters.



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              • #8
                I believe in Europe it's govt. funded. I'm not sure what the employer contribution is. I imagine there is some.

                Kris
                ~Mom of 5, married to an ID doc
                ~A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss

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                • #9
                  I guess it depends on the country. In Ireland, it's paid by social security. You get up to €260 (graded depending on your income) a week for up to 26 weeks and can take unpaid leave after that. Some employers continue to pay a full salary. If they do, your maternity benefit goes to them. This is one thing I feel strongly about. I think the system here is disgraceful and we should be ashamed of it. We need to start putting families first.
                  Student and Mom to an Oct 2013 boy
                  Wife to Anesthesia Critical Care attending

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                  • #10
                    Yeah, I think it's shameful that we do so little to help women who want or need to continue working after having a baby. But honestly I think maternity leave is just the tip of the iceberg. Everything from our tax code to our school system, to corporate policies and privately held prejudices is stacked against two-working-parent families.

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