Nearly a quarter of men worldwide do not return to their previous workplace six months after finishing parental leave, according to a study by the platform Deel. Analysts examined data from nearly 5,000 employees across 13 countries and counted both voluntary resignations and employer-initiated dismissals.
Higher rate in the US after six months
In the United States, six months after the end of leave, 34% of men and 33% of women are no longer working at their previous job. In most of the other countries studied, it is mothers who are more likely to leave their previous employer.
American men, who mostly do office or white-collar work, take longer parental leaves than men in other countries in the sample, despite the absence of a federal guarantee of paid leave in the US. The median length of such leave in the US is 5.6 weeks — longer than in France, Italy and the United Kingdom, where paid leave is mandated by law.
Gender gap in leave duration
In all the countries studied, men spend less time on parental leave than women. In the US the difference in duration is slightly under four weeks.
Changes in Ukraine and crediting of insurance record
Earlier, the Cabinet of Ministers changed the rules for calculating sick pay and maternity/parental benefits for individual entrepreneurs (FOP) and self-employed persons. A period during which a person did not work because they were caring for a child does not necessarily mean a loss of years in their insurance record.
Insurance record is the period that is counted towards years for retirement and other social payments. The period during which one parent actually cared for a child up to the child’s third birthday may be credited towards the insurance record.
This crediting applies in cases where the person was on parental leave or received state assistance provided for by law.
