Re:EU pushes for 'right to disconnect' from work at home
by ciceryadam on Saturday December 05, 2020 @06:42AM
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In EU parental leave is paid, not in full, but you don't lose all your income while taking care of yourself and new taxpayer.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fmla/faq
However, it doesn’t separate for yourself and someone else, so technically a mother could be on bed rest for 3 months and exhaust all of her leave.
A small number of states do mandate paid family leave (specifically to care for someone else which includes new parents), but they also usually stipulate minimum number of employees at businesses.
It definitely doesn’t behoove a young person interested in becoming a parent at some point to work at a startup or small business unless they explicitly offer paid parental leave as a benefit.
Part of the reason my wife and I moved to the state we did was so that she can get an extra two months of leave with her newborn, and so our daughter would be growing up in state that offered them at least that much in the future.