Maybe they've heard about some of the Scandiniavn countries maternity policies? I know that here in Denmark you get something like 2 months off before the birth and some 40-odd weeks after the birth. When my wife and I had our daughter, my wife was off work from september and back to work sometime in late august. I had like 2 weeks, because my job was non-union at the time and my contract was dogshit, and afterwards I got my current job, where I've been for slighly more than a year. I'm also pretty sure that Denmark has the "worst" policy of the Nordics, since Sweden has something like 2 years of parental leave, though that might be an exageration.
Maybe they've heard about some of the Scandiniavn countries maternity policies? I know that here in Denmark you get something like 2 months off before the birth and some 40-odd weeks after the birth. When my wife and I had our daughter, my wife was off work from september and back to work sometime in late august. I had like 2 weeks, because my job was non-union at the time and my contract was dogshit, and afterwards I got my current job, where I've been for slighly more than a year. I'm also pretty sure that Denmark has the "worst" policy of the Nordics, since Sweden has something like 2 years of parental leave, though that might be an exageration.