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In most western countries parental leave is available for those who have worked for their current employer for a certain period of time. In the UK , for instance, working mothers are given the right to 26 weeks of paid leave for each child, 6 weeks at 90% of full pay and 20 weeks at a fixed amount. An example of generous parental leave is Sweden , where all working parents are entitled to 18 months' paid leave per child, the cost being shared between employer and State. To encourage greater paternal involvement in child-rearing, a minimum of 3 months out of the 18 is required to be used by the "minority" parent, in practice usually the father, and some Swedish Political Parties on the Left argue for legislation to oblige families to divide the 18 months equally between both parents. Norway also has similarly generous leave. There is currently a push to expand paid maternity leave in countries such as Australia and the United States . In 2000, parental leave was greatly expanded in Canada from 10 weeks to 35 weeks divided between the two parents, which can be expanded to a year. In Canada parental leave is paid for by the Employment Insurance system. PARENTAL LEAVE RIGHTS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD ALL OF THE ABOVE TABLES ARE COMPILED FROM HTTP://WWW.APESMA.ASN.AU/WOMEN/MATERNITY_LEAVE_AROUND_THE_WORLD.ASP (COMPILED JUNE 2001), WITH ADDITONAL INFORMATION IN THE EUROPEAN TABLE FROM HTTP://EUROPA.EU.INT/EURES/INDEX.JSP (TAKEN FROM THIS PAGE IN FEB 2006) AND HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/1/HI/WORLD/EUROPE/4837422.STM (MARCH 2006). PATERNAL LEAVE RIGHTS COMPILED FROM SITE HAS BEEN GIVEN PRECEDENCE PLEASE NOTE THAT WHEN ENTRIES ARE NOT LISTED IN THE TABLE, IT IS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT KNOWN AND NOT THAT THEY DO NOT EXIST. Africa Americas Asia/Pacific Europe REFERENCES AND FOOTNOTES SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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