Mapping Paid Maternity Leave Via Think Progress: Out of 178 nations, the U.S. is one of three that does not offer paid maternity leave benefits, let alone paid leave for fathers, which more than 50 of these nations offer. Here’s how the U.S. stacks up to 14 other countries: In comparison, Canada and Norway offer generous benefits that can be shared between the father and mother, France offers about four months, and even Mexico and Pakistan are among the nations offer 12 weeks paid leave for mothers. American women are offered 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer. And for first-time mothers, only about half can take paid leave when they give birth. FJP: Puts things in perspective, don’t it? Update: On Twitter, Sara Morrisson believes the graphic and ThinkProgress quote is misleading, as some US companies do offer paid maternity leave. She has a point. I should have included that what’s being referenced here is mandated paid maternity leave. As Working Mother recently reported, “A Families and Work Institute report found only 16 percent of the companies it surveyed offered fully paid maternity leave in 2008, down from 27 percent in 1998.” — Michael Image: Mapping Paid Maternity Leave, via ThinkProgress.

Mapping Paid Maternity Leave

Via Think Progress:

Out of 178 nations, the U.S. is one of three that does not offer paid maternity leave benefits, let alone paid leave for fathers, which more than 50 of these nations offer. Here’s how the U.S. stacks up to 14 other countries:

In comparison, Canada and Norway offer generous benefits that can be shared between the father and mother, France offers about four months, and even Mexico and Pakistan are among the nations offer 12 weeks paid leave for mothers.

American women are offered 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which exempts companies with fewer than 50 paid employees, but in 2011, only 11 percent of private sector workers and 17 percent of public workers reported that they had access to paid maternity leave through their employer. And for first-time mothers, only about half can take paid leave when they give birth.

FJP: Puts things in perspective, don’t it?

Update: On Twitter, Sara Morrisson believes the graphic and ThinkProgress quote is misleading, as some US companies do offer paid maternity leave. She has a point. I should have included that what’s being referenced here is mandated paid maternity leave. As Working Mother recently reported, “A Families and Work Institute report found only 16 percent of the companies it surveyed offered fully paid maternity leave in 2008, down from 27 percent in 1998.” — Michael

Image: Mapping Paid Maternity Leave, via ThinkProgress.

89 notes

Show

  1. kadeecatlady reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  2. andwekeepongoing reblogged this from futurejournalismproject and added:
    Add more insult to injury, Wisconsin’s governor repealed its equal pay law a few months ago. A state senator defended...
  3. silverpolarbears reblogged this from futurejournalismproject and added:
    This kind of isn’t at all cool. We ought to get our act together.
  4. kmpsquared reblogged this from momochii-hime
  5. xoribbit reblogged this from intothestrenuousbriefness and added:
    Another reason why I love Canada :) Our benefits pay 60% of the wages we earn prior to the birth/adoption - many...
  6. intothestrenuousbriefness reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  7. baveshmoorthy reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  8. momochii-hime reblogged this from sydneylkethectyy
  9. rngsw reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  10. kitorkat reblogged this from haiderz
  11. e-tag reblogged this from futurejournalismproject and added:
    14週の根拠が分からない 30%《給付相当額》 * (52週《1年》 - 8週《産後休業期間》) の計算だと 13.2 週にしかならない．．．
  12. muhammadakhyar reblogged this from futurejournalismproject and added:
    menghargai perempuan?
  13. coocakes reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  14. medeaeva reblogged this from futurejournalismproject and added:
    Klassz lenne tudni vmit a bölcsödei helyekről is. futurejournalismproject:
  15. brirosen reblogged this from rinceya and added:
    Come on America…. REALLY?! This makes me want to maybe move to Canada… maybe…. but probably not.
  16. sandyandallyproductions reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  17. herecomesdoctortran reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  18. circlesoffire reblogged this from futurejournalismproject and added:
    American priorities…
  19. jasminedragon reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  20. blaineanderbooty reblogged this from kurzelx
  21. kurzelx reblogged this from ah-thenah
  22. ah-thenah reblogged this from thesocialmedianerd
  23. neverwithoutit reblogged this from broken-social-contract
  24. wearefuckinghere reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  25. kristascruggs reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  26. shiftyobserver reblogged this from futurejournalismproject
  27. bethechange23 reblogged this from futurejournalismproject and added:
    pathetic
  28. sydneylkethectyy reblogged this from futurejournalismproject

Blog comments powered by Disqus