Author Archive for Human Rights Watch
Your Lack of Paid Parental Leave Is a Human Rights Issue: HELP HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH PROVE IT
09Feb10
by Human Rights Watch
It’s shameful that the US has the distinction of being only one of only a handful countries in the world without paid maternity leave. A 2010 study of 190 countries shows that at least 177 have legal guarantees for paid parental leave, including 101 countries where national law guarantees 14 or more weeks of pay. [...]