Being last on this list is bothersome.
Posted on 23 Jul 2012
- Canada (50)
- Norway (44)
- Italy (22)
- United Kingdom (20)
- Denmark (18)
- Venezuela (18)
- France (16)
- Spain (16)
- Netherlands (16)
- Germany (14)
- Japan (14)
- Mexico (12)
- South Africa (12)
- Pakistan (12)
- Papua New Guinea (0)
- Swaziland (0)
- USA (0)
*Weeks of guaranteed paid maternity leave benefit (details).
lacey
23 Jul 2012 (12:05)
sick
Joel
23 Jul 2012 (19:29)
I usually shut up when someone wants to say the US or Canada is better at one thing or another, but I honestly cannot tell you how deeply thankful I am that we are living in a country — which we are not citizens or permanent residents of, but merely temporarily living in — whose government pays my wife to stay home with our son for the entire first year of his life.