[zippergz]

I don't think that most families I know could get by for a year on 55% pay. How do people do that?

[amitdeshwar]

It's more like 75% because only one person stays at home while the other keeps working at 100% salary.

[randomgyatwork]

This is what we are doing.

[run4yourlives2]

Some companies actually top this up. A previous company I worked for had 20 weeks at 100% for females. (In Canada maternity and paternity are actually two separate types of leaves, but they add up to 52 weeks.)

[randomgyatwork]

sister in law will get something like this.