Educate me.
I`ve always heard that scandinavian countries have the worlds best maternity leave. But I don`t know much about how it works for other countries. I would love to hear how everything works where you live.
And I`ll tell you how it works for us, not meant as bragging or anything, just because I`m curious about the difference! Maybe I need to be even more thankful about our benefits.
Recently it was decided some changes here in Norway, so from next year it works like this:
You get 100% paid for 47 weeks in total(you need to have at lest 6 months of income when you were pregnant)
Or you can have 80% of your income for 57 weeks.
12 weeks are only for the dad, if he doesn`t want to use his weeks, mum can`t take them for him, so they are lost. (off course single parents get all the weeks alone)
For the mother 3 weeks before birth and 6 weeks after birth is hers only.
The rest of the weeks parents can decide themselves who will stay home and who will work. (usually the mother stays at home)
You can also decide to for example stay at home full time 6 months, and then work 2 days a week/use the maternity leave 3 days a week to make the "home" period even longer.
Usually parents in Norway place their children in daycare when the paid maternity leave is over, but you can have one more year unpaid if you want to. There are also rules on how much daycare should cost, so we have what is called a maximum price of 437 dollars pr month.
If you are a stay at home mum when you get pregnant, and don`t have any income, you have the right to recieve a single time support of 6000 dollars.
If you choose to stay at home after the child is a year old, you have the right to recieve a monthly support, about 566 dollars, until the child turns 3.
Everybody that have children also gets monthly support of about 163 dollars from the month after they are born to the month they turn 18, for each child.
There are other rules for single parents. For example they can have more monthly support, and some of the daycare costs the community will cover, -if the parent does not earn more than a decided limit.
Most parents are wery satisfied with our countrys support system and our maternity leave rules, and I might feel spoiled when I learn about your benefits.
Also all doctors appointments, midwife appointments, hospital check ups when you are pregnant, and birth, are 100% free.
If your child is sick and needs medical help it is all free until they are 12 years old. And when we need medical help we pay just a tiny bit anyway, no insurance needed. Dentist is free until you are 18, and half the price until 21 or 22.
I`ve always heard that scandinavian countries have the worlds best maternity leave. But I don`t know much about how it works for other countries. I would love to hear how everything works where you live.
And I`ll tell you how it works for us, not meant as bragging or anything, just because I`m curious about the difference! Maybe I need to be even more thankful about our benefits.
Recently it was decided some changes here in Norway, so from next year it works like this:
You get 100% paid for 47 weeks in total(you need to have at lest 6 months of income when you were pregnant)
Or you can have 80% of your income for 57 weeks.
12 weeks are only for the dad, if he doesn`t want to use his weeks, mum can`t take them for him, so they are lost. (off course single parents get all the weeks alone)
For the mother 3 weeks before birth and 6 weeks after birth is hers only.
The rest of the weeks parents can decide themselves who will stay home and who will work. (usually the mother stays at home)
You can also decide to for example stay at home full time 6 months, and then work 2 days a week/use the maternity leave 3 days a week to make the "home" period even longer.
Usually parents in Norway place their children in daycare when the paid maternity leave is over, but you can have one more year unpaid if you want to. There are also rules on how much daycare should cost, so we have what is called a maximum price of 437 dollars pr month.
If you are a stay at home mum when you get pregnant, and don`t have any income, you have the right to recieve a single time support of 6000 dollars.
If you choose to stay at home after the child is a year old, you have the right to recieve a monthly support, about 566 dollars, until the child turns 3.
Everybody that have children also gets monthly support of about 163 dollars from the month after they are born to the month they turn 18, for each child.
There are other rules for single parents. For example they can have more monthly support, and some of the daycare costs the community will cover, -if the parent does not earn more than a decided limit.
Most parents are wery satisfied with our countrys support system and our maternity leave rules, and I might feel spoiled when I learn about your benefits.
Also all doctors appointments, midwife appointments, hospital check ups when you are pregnant, and birth, are 100% free.
If your child is sick and needs medical help it is all free until they are 12 years old. And when we need medical help we pay just a tiny bit anyway, no insurance needed. Dentist is free until you are 18, and half the price until 21 or 22.
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Dental care however, is not.
