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Heard about the Quebec system, sounds really good too.
Finland is beating anything everyone else has shared so far! Up to 4 years off with varying degrees of pay, paid time off for sick child up until 10 years old, fully paid child healthcare until age 7. That's mommy utopia!
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What do you mean? Do you mean how much do I pay in taxes for all this or what?
She's asking how much you pay for childcare. It's free, right?
Finland is beating anything everyone else has shared so far!
She's asking how much you pay for childcare. It's free, right?
It's not free, still waiting for the bill so I don't know how much yet but I'm guessing around 120-160 euros a month. Could be less though, OH's dad has a child in daycare and he earns around the same as my OH yet pays practically nothing for daycare.
his / her mother will take 50 weeks of maternity leave
his / her father will take 5 weeks of paternity leave
at the end of the maternity leave, when the mother returns to work (and her position is guaranteed) the baby will start going to the CPE (Centre de la petite enfance) - the public daycare network (or a private equivalent, also subsidized), where he will go until he is 5. He will then start going to kindergarden.
I don't know anyone who has NOT used up the full maximum of maternity / paternity / parental leave they were allowed to take. For fathers it's really nice, it added 5 weeks of time off to my 5/6 weeks of vacations per year. 11 weeks off per year X 3 children is really nice, I tell you!
50?!? If your company can survive without you for 50 weeks, you're not really needed. And up to 11 weeks off for males in vacation seems excessive as well. I guess some people are more career oriented than others, I call them... hard workin' Americans!
What does having institutionalized baby dumping centers have to do with where is a good place to be a mom?
Sounds like a great place to NOT be a mom.
I think great place to be a mom is somewhere there is family and community support. Multi generational influence. Not moms in isolation.
I wouldn't consider our daycare centres of "baby dumping centres"... for a start, most don't accept babies (1 year old is usually the youngest taken into a daycare centre) and they are extremely high quality. Childminders are also part of the subsidised system for those that prefer a home-based environment. And of course being paid to stay home if you prefer neither of those options. But putting your toddler in daycare is considered here to be the act of a good parent, not a bad one, once they are of an age where they will benefit from it.
50?!? If your company can survive without you for 50 weeks, you're not really needed. And up to 11 weeks off for males in vacation seems excessive as well. I guess some people are more career oriented than others, I call them... hard workin' Americans!
SaintCabbage, you are kidding right? No company works without someone for 50 weeks (an year to be specific). They employ temporary contracts to fill the position until the mom returns. Its a win win for Canadian economy unlike the American way where a mom is forced to return to her job within 3 months.
no, on income, how much percentage do you guys pay in your country? I am guessing there is a slab?
We pay a lot of income tax and apparently thats why we get so many benefits. Like Unemployment insurance and all.
I don't entirely understand the taxation system here to be honest. I paid 20% on my maternity and home care pays and will pay 20% on unemployment once I start getting it but another Finn calculated for me that if I worked (earning nearly twice as much as unemployment pays) I would only pay 6%. It all just confuses me - my first job here I paid 60% because I didn't realise I had to get a tax card from the tax office!! (got it back of course in my tax return - phew!)
I guess you missed the part about Finland provides PAID maternity leave for up to 4 years!
To clarify, its up 3 years (the parental leave is included). Well until your youngest child is 3 so if you have a few in a row its a lot of years.
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