Submitted on Monday 27th February 2017
Published on Thursday 9th March 2017
Current status: Closed
Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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Provide fathers upto 6 weeks paternity leave, including upto 4 weeks full pay
During a time when the mother and newborn need the father around most, we seem to think its okay to dramatically reduce a fathers pay and to send him back to full time work just 2 weeks after the baby is born - often when the mother has not fully recovered! A newborn needs both parents around!
Sweden gives fathers upto 12 weeks paternity leave with 80% of fathers full pay for the entire time.
Norway gives fathers 2 weeks paternity on full pay plus upto an additional 14 weeks on 80%-100% of their pay.
We are behind a lot of developed countries when it comes to fathers rights and fully paid paternity leave.
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