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  • Monday, April 14, 2008

    Shocking women work stats

    I found this little blurb in Redbook Magazine and was somewhat floored by the stats.

    Here's what I read: Shockingly, American women don't have most of the basic protections that women in the rest of the world count on: Out of 177 countries surveyed, 169 offer paid maternity leave, 145 guarantee paid sick days, 137 mandate paid vacation, 107 allow working moms breast-feeding breaks, and 66 ensure that dads have the right to paid paternity leave. The United States guarantees none of these protections! Think these benefits don't make economic sense? Well, of the 10 countries with the most competitive economies, the United States is the only one with fewer than 10 guaranteed sick days. How many do we offer? Yep - zero.

    If you'd like to know the best companies for which to work, CNN Money put out their annual list, and there was a South Florida company on that list; Baptist Health, Coral Gables.

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