Re:The case for national paid maternity leave
by baq on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @08:39AM
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if it's optional, employers can and will make the median worked not take it - again, i know people who were told that they better not take the optional leave or it'll make further business difficult.
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Re:The case for national paid maternity leave
by throwaway894345 on Thursday May 21, 2020 @04:51PM
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This is false, and we know it's false because in every country with optional maternity leave, more than 50% of women take their leave. Even in the US which lacks legal requirements for employers to offer paid maternity leave, over 70% of women took maternity leave--presumably the remaining 30% is largely a subset of the 33% of women who were not offered paid maternity leave. That you know people who were pressured into foregoing their leave is anecdotal.
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