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Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by mnx on Thursday March 03, 2016 @02:59PM (#11219563)
That's a terrible idea. It may seem nice to a person with a lot of disposable income, who can afford for both people in the family to take have a break from their careers, but forcing that on people who are in poor financial condition is just terrible.
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Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by afarrell on Thursday March 03, 2016 @03:04PM (#11219603)
I think parent means mandatory paid leave.
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Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by RodericDay on Thursday March 03, 2016 @03:02PM (#11219589)
Parental leave is paid.
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Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by jacalata on Thursday March 03, 2016 @03:05PM (#11219606)
It should be, but in America there is no requirement for it to be. Presumably that would come in with any change to make it mandatory.
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Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by orangecat on Thursday March 03, 2016 @08:57PM (#11221543)
We don't lose the income during parental leave.

You lose the experience, and you're not going to be first in line for a promotion when you come back after 6 months. Unless you want to go full Harrison Bergeron and mandate that the employer isn't allowed to reward Alice for the work she did while Bob was on paternity leave.

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Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by chongli on Thursday March 03, 2016 @03:10PM (#11219641)
But how much is it paid? If somebody is making six figures, is it going to cover the whole amount? That seems unlikely. If it's a low percentage of the total amount, then it's forcing a big pay cut that families may not be able to afford.
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Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by lagadu on Friday March 04, 2016 @12:47AM (#11222263)
Details vary by country, but in the three countries I've lived in 100% of your salary. It's paid by social security, even if your salary is in the seven figures, then you also paid a high amount to social security to cover for it.

edit: here's a table with more details https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave#Europe_.28inc._...

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Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by chongli on Friday March 04, 2016 @09:04AM (#11223722)
I think the US would have a long way to go before the public would ever accept having 7+ figure salaries paid out of the taxpayer pocket. That's pretty cool that some countries do though I see some of them only offer the 100% to women and not men.
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