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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About Canada: the "paid" maternity leave is actually a stipend that maxes out, and for professional women it maxes out well below their salaries--for these women, the US short-term disability would probably be a better deal.  In addition, layoffs of women just returning from mat leave are reportedly common (no solid data here, but a friend in Canada faced this situation and fully anticipated it based on what she's observed before delivering.)

Also, paid family leave represents a step away from "equal pay for equal work".  In the fed system (without paid family leave), family leave is taken as a combination of earned sick leave, earned annual leave, short-term disability if applicable depending on the type of delivery, and unpaid leave.    
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It's this way in many countries. It is not "paid leave" at your regular rate. It is basically like unemployment insurance where it is a ceilinged amount based on your wage and how long/much you've paid in to the system.  The ceilinged amount comes out to 500 something Canadian dollars a week for a woman at the max income level and with the max amount paid in, and that is only if you take the "shorter" maternity leave. If you take the "longer" max leave, it is much lower (300 something Canadian dollars a week). [/quote]

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