The new policy gives nearly seven months of paid leave to each parent, for a total of almost 14 months of paid leave. The policy gives a pregnant parent an additional daily allowance period of about one month to be used before the paid parental leave starts. The new policy still isn't as generous as the parental leave policy in Sweden. Sweden has Europe's longest parental leave policy, offering 240 days per parent. UNICEF found that the U.S. was the only country included in the analysis with no national paid leave policy for mothers or fathers.

Source: Forbes February 06, 2020 16:18 UTC