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Labor Statistics > Employee benefits > Paid maternity leave (most recent) by country

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Countries (A to Z) Description
Algeria 3 days
Argentina Two days
Australia 18 weeks at federal minimum wage
Belgium 10 day (3 days are compulsory)
Brazil 5 days
Colombia Law 755 (2002) appended a paragraph to Article 236 of the Labor Code to indicate that fathers have a leave of 4-8 days.
Guatemala Two days at birth of child
Hungary Five days; can share with mother
Italy 13 weeks (3 months)
Portugal 15 days 100%
Romania 126 days, instead of the mother, paid 85% + 85%, but not lower than 600 RON and not more than 4000 RON, until the baby reaches 2 years of age (3 for a disabled baby) OR Five days plus 10 more days if the father has taken a child care course (these 10 days are given only once, so not for every child). All 15 days must be taken within the first 8 weeks since the birth of the baby.
Russia instead of the mother: up to 18 months after birth - 2,194.33-13,833.33(at 2011 could be only 13,825.40 due to the calculation rule, but old keep the higher) RUB for the first child, 4,388.67-13,833.33 RUB for any subsequent child, but not exceeding 100% and not less the minimum multiplied by "north region value"
Rwanda Two days
Saudi Arabia One day
Seychelles Four days of paid leave for "compassionate reasons"
Slovenia 11 days
South Africa Three days paid family responsibility leave
Spain 15 days (in the next years 30 days), independently of the mother. Up to 15 days of the mother's leave can be taken by the father (if the father takes all 15 days, the mother only has 97 days to take off instead of the full 4 weeks (112 days))
Sweden 480 days (16 months) (77.6% (80% of 97%) up to a ceiling the first 390 days, 90 days at flat rate) - shared with mother (dedicated 60 days) + 10 working days in connection with the child's birth
Switzerland Tanzania
Turkey Three days paternity leave in the public sector
Uganda 4 working days 100%
United States 0 weeks
Uruguay Three days paternity leave for civil servants


DEFINITION: Duration of mandatory paternity leave in various countries.

SOURCE: Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's Parental leave

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