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View Poll Results: Should the government mandate paid maternity leave?
Yes 29 20.71%
No 82 58.57%
Only the current unpaid leave (FMLA) 29 20.71%
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Old 12-14-2014, 04:40 PM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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I understand a woman needing some time off, especially if a complication occurred or a c-section was needed. It does not however put you above and beyond what a man who had bypass surgery, a hip or knee replacement etc...

If he's back to work, she should be too. If they choose to take a maternity or a medical leave of absence and a year off, it should be without pay. That's what unemployment is for.
The bulk of our paid leave IS paid for by unemployment insurance.

 
Old 12-14-2014, 05:05 PM
 
Location: Kentucky Bluegrass
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Sweden provides 18 months with 80% paid maternity leave!!!!!
then go live in Sweden

We are NOT other countries......
 
Old 12-14-2014, 05:25 PM
 
Location: SoCal/PHX/HHI
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If men could get pregnant, there would be paid maternity leave for a year (at least), and probably a free cruise vacation thrown in.
 
Old 12-14-2014, 05:32 PM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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If men could get pregnant, there would be paid maternity leave for a year (at least), and probably a free cruise vacation thrown in.
And they'd have abortion kiosks at the Superbowl.
 
Old 12-14-2014, 05:52 PM
 
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Sweden provides 18 months with 80% paid maternity leave!!!!!
So? Why should an employer pay for someone's breeding habits?
 
Old 12-14-2014, 06:09 PM
 
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So? Why should an employer pay for someone's breeding habits?
Yep.

Children are good for the economy.
 
Old 12-14-2014, 06:13 PM
 
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Our leaves are available equally to mothers and fathers. I really don't care how they split it up between themselves.
That being said, longer leaves make for happier, healthier and more stable families.
I thought that the "family values" crowd would be supportive of more stable families, but I guess i was mistaken.
Carry on.
America hates families. America wants people to work until they drop dead.

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Yeah. I'm just glad I live in a country where I can take up to 12-24 months leave,(currently 18 weeks paid) and be secure in the knowledge that my job will be available for me when I return to work.
In America, you would be considered a strain on the system. How dare you have a life outside of work! Get back into the worker hole!
 
Old 12-14-2014, 08:10 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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America hates families. America wants people to work until they drop dead.
Europe hates families. Europe wants people to work until they drop dead.
 
Old 12-14-2014, 08:11 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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Sweden provides 18 months with 80% paid maternity leave!!!!!
Sorry to hear that. They have my sympathies.
 
Old 12-15-2014, 06:46 AM
 
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It isn't the Government's job, nor your employers, to take care of any personal choices you may make in life. Plan accordingly.
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