[vikiomega9]

I'm not a policy person, so consider this a good faith question. If government policy mandates larger leave times (both parents), who eats the cost? I'm guessing the company does and the government probably provides a tax credit? How do policy people think about this?

Say we do have such a policy, what's stopping a hiring manager from not hiring more women who might be say 30 and more likely to have kids soon? There's two parts to this question, one if we have equal leave for both parents, and if we have 2x more leave for women over men. How do policy people think about these types of arguments?

How do policy people think about costs in general for such government policies?