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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It should be longer and be parental/family leave. You should be able to take it for birth/adoption and to take care of an aging parent. The big thing will be of men actually take any. Currently women take far more leave to care for children and parents and employers look at them as a liability and lesser employees (in generals there are of course employers who don't subscribe to this). Until men and specifically men in charge start taking leave and making it the "norm" to put family before business sometimes nothing will change. [/quote]

Then employers should be able to hire interim workers. Not always possible.

I was actually hired for my first gig as a replacement for a permanent worker who was on extended parental leave. I lasted a year, then moved on, and they hired someone else. So in a way it helped us college grads get into the workforce and gain some experience. But it was a municipal outfit that fed off the tax base. It doesn't go as smoothly for smaller businesses even in countries with generous government programs. Again, people in service industry paid minimum wages rarely get access to these benefits for various reasons anyway. Plus, the benefit alone is not enough to support a mother and a child. Good thing if a woman is married or is supported by her parents/family (which is common there).

I don't think given the realities of American life any of this has a remote chance of working here. Besides, the U.S. has no economic incentive to boost population growth through birth, because the birth rates here are still high, and we have enough influx with immigration. Needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few and will continue to do so, so plan accordingly.[/quote]

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