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Re:Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums by Jolter on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @11:19AM (#22248191)
Swedish parental leave can be saved until the kid turns 12. Not that the 480 days will last that long, of course!
Re:Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums by petercooper on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @11:26AM (#22248283)
That sounds like a good idea and what I think would be better for everyone. Of course, then it's a case of avoiding the temptation of taking it too early(!) :)
Re:Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums by Moru on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @02:41PM (#22250313)
If you wait too long, it's hard to find time that isn't taken by school already :-)
Re:Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums by souprock on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @06:19PM (#22251911)
From another comment, it looks like the father only gets half, but I assume you get weekends off too. Sweden also has 25 days of vacation.

I have a kid about every 600 days. (have 12 so far) Out of that 600 days, it looks like I'd work just 164 days. It would be 2-day weeks for decades.

That is quite a way to run a country. I think it only works because there are very few births in Sweden.

Re:Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums by istjohn on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @06:46PM (#22252092)
Basing policy on 99.99 percentile sized families would certainly be odd.
Re:Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums by souprock on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @08:24PM (#22252680)
Policy would change what the 99.99 percentile is. If having a large family means that you don't have to work, many more people might do it.
Re:Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums by scruple on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @02:15PM (#22250080)
Is that per parent or is it shared between parents? That really sounds incredible, going to have to remember to look this up.
Re:Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums by Moru on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @02:41PM (#22250305)
It's 240 days per parent.
Re:Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums by scruple on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @05:01PM (#22251405)
That's incredible. That's something the rest of the world should strive for.