Russia Today - May 14, 2014
The United States is one of only three countries in the world that
does not offer a monetary supplement to new mothers on maternity leave
from their jobs, according to a United Nations study.
The report, prepared by the UN’s International Labor
Organization, found that the only two other nations that do not
provide cash benefits during maternity leave are the absolute
Persian Gulf monarchy Oman and Papua New Guinea, where violence
against women is such an epidemic that 60 percent of men have
acknowledged committing rape, according to the UN data.
The world’s other 182 nations surveyed offer new mothers on
maternity leave either a government payment – akin to Social
Security – or require employers to continue to supply at least
some percentage of the woman’s pay.
Paid paternity leave for new fathers is offered in 70 countries.
Norway, for instance, recently extended its paternity leave to 14
weeks, the UN found.
The US also offers new mothers fewer weeks of maternity leave
than any other Western country, the study found.
US law requires employers to offer new mothers as many as 12
weeks of unpaid leave. In New Zealand, leave offered is 14 weeks,
while Australia’s is 18 weeks. Switzerland allows new mothers to
take 18 weeks off, while paying them 80 percent of their salaries
through a government program similar to US Social Security.
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