[throwaway1979]

Kudos to Yahoo!! It is shocking how little maternity leave is provided by the average company. I have a friend who got 8 weeks, took 8 more without pay ... she was so pissed off that she used part of the leave time to find another job. The company lost a top notch worker for being so stingy with maternity leave!

[Samuel_Michon]

Let’s not forget that 16 weeks is still way below what employers in other countries are obligated to offer, on average. Have a look at this graph, linked to by the article: http://childrenschances.org/global-maps/parents-and-children...

Paid leave from work for mothers of infants: Canada 50 weeks, Mexico 12 weeks, USA zero.

Paid leave from work for fathers of infants: Canada 35 weeks, Cuba 40 weeks, USA zero.

In Eastern European countries like Belarus, Ukraine, and Slovakia, mothers get 3 years paid leave – that’s 10 times more than what Yahoo is offering.

[gertef]

What was the new employer's policy?