Re:The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar
by irrational on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @03:04AM
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Depends on the job. At my job men get 3 months and women get 6 months paid parental leave when a baby is born.
Re:The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar
by piva00 on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @04:49AM
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What percentage of the population has access to this kind of job with benefits in the US?
For Sweden it's close to 100%.
Re:The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar
by irrational on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @02:33PM
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No idea. My company employees tens of thousands of people who all of this access. What I don't know is how many more also have similar benefits. I would guess most large companies give this sort of benefit.
Re:The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar
by 999900000999 on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @03:06PM
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>Today, only 21% of US workers have access to paid family leave through their employers, even though, according to the Pew Research Center in 2015, both parents work full-time in almost half all two-parent families.
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210624-why-doesnt-the...
You might get two or three days or something like that, and then everyone pats themselves on the back saying how progressive we are.
It's absolutely horrific when you consider people may have medical issues which cause them to need to take a bit more time off.
But guess what, you now have insane medical bills, and pressure to get back to work. It's not unheard of for a woman to just get fired if she takes off too much time for a pregnancy.
Sure, that's illegal, but workers are treated so horribly in America. You're lucky to get your paycheck half the time.