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Originally Posted by GGG
Holding a spot for a year for a parent who loses a child seems much longer than necessary. This has negative affects with the employer along with the 18 month maternity leave protections. Now while losing a child would be devestating The difference between 6 months, a year and 5 years are likely not that meaningful.
Things like the critical illness leave make much more sense and could even be extended because you have something you need to do as the reason you can’t work.
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What they do is allow someone the time. Is a year probably longer than necessary? Sure. But simple because the law allows for it doesn’t mean someone is automatically going to take the full amount considering it’s unpaid.
What it does is allows people to take the actual time they need, or at least the time they can afford to take financially, and then come back.
I don’t really see how a year is any harder to cover than a couple months, or how an extra 6 months of maternity is any harder to cover than a year. Maternity especially, most positions get covered by a contract position, and an 18 month contract is significantly more appealing than a 12 month contract.