[danudey]

> I can imagine the result being that people end up taking less than the industry average

The industry average in the US is abysmal though. Yahoo 'doubled' theirs to 16 weeks, which is 1/3 of Canada's (and many other countries') legally mandated minimum. Taking double the industry average would still be abysmal by global standards.

[baudehlo]

It's a shame that canada has a better mat/pat leave standard but such a terrible (same as the U.S.) vacation standard.

[rhino369]

Global standards include a government paid paycheck. No country has companies pay for a anywhere near a year.