A new study to be released this week
tells us what U.S parents already know -- that U.S. companies suck at
providing support for parents. For instance, joining only four
other countries out of the 173 surveyed, the U.S. fails to guarantee
some form of paid maternity leave. Workplace policies for
families in the U.S. are weaker than
those of all high-income countries and many middle- and low-income
countries.
Among more of the findings:
1. Fathers are granted paid paternity leave or paid parental leave in
65 countries. But not in the U.S.
2. At least 107 countries protect working women's right to
breast-feed; the breaks are paid in at least 73 of them. Again, not in the U.S.
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