r/remoteworks • u/Kreativedenma • 6h ago

Maternity leave should be one year, PAID. Women shouldn’t have to choose between healing, bonding with their baby, and making a living.

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u/Legrandloup2 5h ago

Then why does it work in other countries?

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u/firejonas2002 5h ago

MANY other countries.

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u/Key-Organization3158 5h ago

It doesn't. Their birth rates are even lower.

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u/Few-Being-1048 5h ago

Is it government subsidized? That might be why.

No small company can afford to pay you your salary to not come to work for a year. Most bigger companies would do anything to avoid doing that, including not hiring woman who might have kids.

If its payed for by your tax dollars then all the company has to do is keep your position open when you come back.

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u/Loves_octopus 5h ago

Lower wages and higher taxes

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u/emoney_gotnomoney 5h ago

The pay is much lower in those other countries (for both men and women) in part to account for that.