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Pretty much. Leave sharing policies are usually set up such that in some sort of extraordinary medical circumstance, employees can transfer paid leave to one another.
The idea is sorta that if a loved one has a major medical emergency and needs a lot of care for 3 months, other employees can transfer paid leave to help cover gaps. This makes sense as a way to cover edge cases in extreme circumstances, but "is having a child" definitely isn't such a case.
What would make sense is a law that guarantees extra leave in these edge cases.
For example in Germany, you can call in sick not only when you're sick but also when your child is.
There is no limit to how many sick days you can take.
(There are measures in place to prevent abuse of the system, of course. And being sick doesn't protect you from being fired, so you can't just stay home indefinitely. And the number of people abusing this system are VERY VERY low anyway. Cause most people actually aren't looking for ways to cheat all the time, and don't need to be watched over like prisoners.)
I’m so happy to life in a country where all sick days are paid. Seems crazy to have to stress about getting paid when you are sick.
The American economy was birthed from chattel slavery so the idea of workers having rights has always been a challenging conceptualization here.
Many CEOs groan when they have to cede anything to their indentured.. cherished essential worker bangs pot.
The sane way is having regulation that protects your income and job for a few months
Pregnancy is not an edge case, though.
That's what they said...