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Specifically in France: Paternity leave is not paid by employers but by social security.

The person still needs to have worked (and thus paid into the system through salary contributions) above a certain threshold in order to qualify.

Employers can top up this payment but can then impose conditions (e.g. only after a year in the company or whatever)



This is the case in Canada as well. If one of my employees went on leave, I'd have to find a way to cover their work, but it wouldn't cost me extra.


Oh, I see how it works then. It's funded through income tax from the employee's past work history. Thanks!


There's an additional tax in addition to income tax, but let's not get into French taxes... ;)


Why not get into the topic of taxes in a discussion of social security? :) They're the two sides of the same coin. There seems to be little discussion in here on the tax cost of this paternity leave law.


I only meant that the French tax system is complex.




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