Guide: Understanding maternity and paternity leave by country

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How maternity, paternity, or parental leave is handled depends on the country. In this article, we have curated guides on how these are treated by country.

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Country Maternity/Paternity Leave
Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ 
Austria ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น
Belgium ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช
Bosnia and Herzegovina ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Bulgaria ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท 
Canada ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ 
Chile ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Colombia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด
Costa Rica ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท
Croatia ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท
Czech Republic ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ
Denmark ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Ecuador ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ
Estonia ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช
Finland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ
France ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Georgia ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช
Germany ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช 
Greece
Hong Kong ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Hungary ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ
Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ 
Indonesia ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ
Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น 
Japan ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช
Luxembourg ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ
Malta ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น
Malaysia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ
Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ 
Morocco ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Netherlands ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ 
New Zealand 
North Macedonia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ
Norway ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด
Paraguay ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ
Philippines ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ 
Poland ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Portugal ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น 
Romania ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด 
Singapore ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
South Africa ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 
Sweden ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช
Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ
Taiwan ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ
Thailand ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ
Tunisia ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ
Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ 
United Kingdom ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง 
Vietnam ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ

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