The FMLA allows only 12 weeks of UNPAID leave for business with 50 employees or more living within 75 miles and the subject must have been employed for a minimum of 12 months AND 1,250 hours. Where does that leave the little people? At home, caring for their sick children, worried about their jobs.
Canada: 17-18 weeks, wages paid up to 55%
France: 16-18 weeks, wages paid at 100%
Germany: 14 weeks, wages paid at 100%
Japan: 14 weeks, wages paid up to 60%
Russia: 20 weeks, wages paid at 100%
Spain: 16 weeks, wages paid at 100%
Sweden: 450 days, first 360 days paid at 75%, remaining 90 days flat rate.
United Kingdom: 14-18 weeks, first six weeks at 90%, flat rate for remainder of leave.
The more time parents are allowed to spend with their newborns the better chance they have at a good life.
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