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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by jseutter on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @05:03PM (#19090401)
"I suspect that firms have learned to deal with it, but by doing things like passively selecting against women and younger people for critical roles. Is that how they manage? Is that an improvement?"

While that probably happens, in Canada this is parental leave that either parent can take advantage of. I would imagine this decreases the amount of gender discrimination.

It also worked out really well for me. As a father I was able to take several months off after the birth of our twins to help care for them. My wife had quit her job earlier due to a toxic workplace and medical issues.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by rconti on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @05:14PM (#19090504)
My employer (in the US), and many others, have begun offering equal parental leave (including for adoption) for exactly this reason. It helps limit the initiative for discrimination by treating people of all genders and sexualities as (more) equal. I think we get 22 weeks/year, which is certainly better than average.
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