Is it true there is no statutory paid maternity leave in the US?

Started by Martinus, May 30, 2015, 11:40:13 AM

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The Brain

#15
May 30, 2015, 01:13:45 PM
Quote from: Martinus on May 30, 2015, 11:40:13 AM
Watching John Oliver now and he is claiming there is no statutory paid maternity leave in the US? Is it true? I find it hard to believe.

There is statutory rape though. Which is ironic.
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Caliga

#16
May 30, 2015, 01:17:07 PM
Oh look, an "America sucks" thread.  Haven't had one of these in a while I don't think. :sleep:
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garbon

#17
May 30, 2015, 01:29:40 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 30, 2015, 01:17:07 PM
Oh look, an "America sucks" thread.  Haven't had one of these in a while I don't think. :sleep:

And from Marti, nonetheless!
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#18
May 30, 2015, 01:36:38 PM
Marty files a brief on behalf of a client:

"Are those guys really doing this?  I can't believe it!"

Valmy

#19
May 30, 2015, 01:52:55 PM
There is no federal statutory paid maternity leave. Some cities and states do it though. Yet not every woman in the country moves to those places. Puzzling.
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#20
May 30, 2015, 02:12:56 PM
Even Tyr would cringe at this thread.
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#21
May 30, 2015, 03:34:55 PM
Quote from: Martinus on May 30, 2015, 01:05:18 PM
So where's the revolution?


We had one already to keep Europeans from telling us what to do, and we won.  So why the fuck should we let Europeans tell us what to do anyway?

Tamas

#22
May 30, 2015, 04:00:33 PM
Quote from: Martinus on May 30, 2015, 11:49:42 AM
I just find it bizarre. America is the richest country in the world and a lot of politicians use every opportunity to say they are pro-family. So you can't really afford paying your female employees after they give birth to babies? I mean, Poland is not a rich country and neither we are a socialist paradise but we can somehow afford a 20+ week fully paid maternity leave for new mothers (the duration is longer if multiple babies are born).

"They do something different to us, and they are richer than us. How is the two possible at the same time?!!!"

garbon

#23
May 30, 2015, 04:42:28 PM
Quote from: Tamas on May 30, 2015, 04:00:33 PM
Quote from: Martinus on May 30, 2015, 11:49:42 AM
I just find it bizarre. America is the richest country in the world and a lot of politicians use every opportunity to say they are pro-family. So you can't really afford paying your female employees after they give birth to babies? I mean, Poland is not a rich country and neither we are a socialist paradise but we can somehow afford a 20+ week fully paid maternity leave for new mothers (the duration is longer if multiple babies are born).

"They do something different to us, and they are richer than us. How is the two possible at the same time?!!!"

Is this a quotation from someone who has issues with English grammar?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

#25
May 30, 2015, 04:46:04 PM
Seems like a cheap and unnecessary shot - Marti's shit was dumb enough. :P
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Admiral Yi

#26
May 30, 2015, 04:55:27 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 30, 2015, 04:46:04 PM
Seems like a cheap and unnecessary shot - Marti's shit was dumb enough. :P

It's a cheap and unnecessary shot if, like a UK Green, you think there is no relationship between job creation, employment, wealth, and loading up employers with expensive mandates.

garbon

#27
May 30, 2015, 04:58:33 PM
I meant the writing it in some sort of stereotypical eastern euro speak.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Admiral Yi

#28
May 30, 2015, 05:26:13 PM
So nothing at all to do with the cheapness or the necessity.  And you're ragging on other people's writing?

The Brain

#29
May 30, 2015, 05:27:16 PM
Stanford and Son wouldn't do that I don't think.
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