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Re:Paternity leave at startups: designing a policy for new p... by surfsvammel on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @03:01PM (#17911814)
Wow. This reminds me why I am happily living in Sweden. Government pays me and my partner for 480 days off for every child. To split as we see fit more or less. My employer (startup with 16 employees) tops up what the government pays me such that end up having 90% of my normal salary.
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Re:Paternity leave at startups: designing a policy for new p... by trowawee on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @03:19PM (#17911986)
Yeah, American policies around this are incredibly bad. Even the nominally "good" ones are pretty terrible compared to other developed nations.
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Re:Paternity leave at startups: designing a policy for new p... by chooseaname on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @03:55PM (#17912257)
Because Americans think if you have a need for this type of government support, well you just haven't worked hard enough and you're "part of the problem" (whatever that means).
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