What do these countries have in common? [modified]

[thrakazog]

AndyKEnZ wrote:

None have paid maternerty leave.

let me help you out there: None have Mandatory paid maternity leave. Most businesses don't have water slides either. I think businesses run best when they get to decide where it's important to spend money. Good ol freedom of choice.

[Bergholt Stuttley Johnson]

oh so if they decided that it was better not to pay you then thats ok with you?

[thrakazog]

Remember that freedom choice thing I mentioned? It works both ways. I'm free to leave if I don't like the conditions. I am a big boy and take responsibility for my livelihood and my happiness. I don't require a bureaucratic babysitter to do it for me.

[leckey 0]

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[leckey 0]

The US has at least adopted a guarantee of your previous job if you take what is covered under FMLA. It was not for many years. As a woman, I personally do not see why my company should pay you for having a kid. As a woman, who decided not to have kids, what kind of compensation can I get that equals that?

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[Nagy Vilmos]

By your argument, you should be paid less to finance the police's efforts against crack. Oh wait, you don't have a job...

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[killabyte]

you have obviously never been shafted by the man... i agree you do the have power to walk away, but you are still helpless to stop your expliotation unless your self employed

[thrakazog]

killabyte wrote:

but you are still helpless to stop your expliotation

Being able to walk away means I'm never helpless. It may be a painful option but I'm free to take it. Working for others = exploitation. If they were not benefiting more from my labor than the cost of my labor there is no reason to hire me. I've known this and agreed to it with every job I've held.

killabyte wrote:

unless your self employed

At which time you find out how much the government is truly exploiting your efforts. Sadly I've yet to find a way to quit the government. Guess I'll just have to grin and bear it till my army of killer robots is ready....... Oh well. Who is John Galt?

[_Damian S_]

thrakazog wrote:

Working for others = exploitation

I think you mean <> exploitation, or != exploitation, whichever you prefer...

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[Lost User]

AndyKEnZ wrote:

Libieria Swaziland Papua New Guinea USA None have paid maternerty leave. Amazing isn't it? A. Edit: they are the ONLY four countries that don't

Australia does not either. And why should they? When we decided to have a child we planned and saved so that she could be a stay at home mum. We wanted a child and we wanted her to be home so we went without other things and payed for it ourselves. Why should the Australian tax payer or her previous employer have to foot the bill? Being in a financial position to have one or both partners stay home with a child is not a right.

I wish I was as fortunate as fortunate as me

[eggsovereasy]

How many provide paid paternity leave?