The Postnatal Leave, Between Justice and Decency

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  • Marcela Perticará Facultad de Economía y Negocios , Alberto Hurtado University image/svg+xml

    DOI:

    https://doi.org/10.11565/oe.vi50.296

    Keywords:

    Postnatal leave, Bill

    Abstract

    President Piñera signed the official proposal to extend postnatal leave: the benefit would increase from three to six months. However, the bill contradicts what
    the president promised during his campaign, since the additional weeks would be subject to a subsidy cap of 30 UF (Unidad de Fomento, Chile's inflation-indexed unit of account), far below the existing cap of 64.7 UF for the first twelve weeks. Women with salaries above that amount will have the option of returning to work on
    part-time schedules. These elements of the proposal have set off sparks in the debate. Continue reading...

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    Published

    2011-03-01

    Issue

    No. 50 (2011)

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    The Postnatal Leave, Between Justice and Decency. (2011). Observatorio Económico, 50, 2-3. https://doi.org/10.11565/oe.vi50.296

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