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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight
Here, in the US, I took 12 weeks--I think the first week was vacation/sick days (so regular pay), then I got like 7 weeks of short-term disability (I think it's 60% of your regular pay?), then the rest was unpaid... And I only got the 7 weeks of paid disability because I had a C-section--otherwise, I think it would have only been 5. Maternity leave sucks in the US...
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5 would be a bit short, I think. But if some countries have 1-year leaves and it's paid, that's a bit too long. I think 16-weeks is long enough, at least paid. My T's using her vactiondays also (which is also pay), so she's a bit longer away than 16 weeks.