On May 29, 7:49 am, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On May 28, 10:29?pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> > > > > Tokyo-to, Ota-ku ... JPY480,000 ... in cash. ?One time. ?And they also
> > > > > reimbursed the JPY400,000 for the basic hospital stay fee upon
> > > > > presentation of the checkout paperwork. ?Of course, the family Human
> > > > > Being _did_ handle the paperwork. ?The Animal just followed along behind
> > > > > and pushed the stroller.
> > > > In addition to the lump sum, did the human being apply for and receive
> > > > paid parental leave allowance?
>
> > > Leave from what?
>
> > > I got a couple days off, though. My new boss didn't like it, but my boss' boss
> > > had already OK'd it.
> > ie did it occur to you (or mother of new child) to (for you or her)
> > apply for *paid parental leave*, as in for extended period, or did you
> > not know about it at the time?
>
> 1) What would she have taken leave FROM? She didn't have a job.

Prezactly. However was there a reason why *you* couldn't have taken
the 20+ something weeks of paid parental leave instead? Had the bill
not been legislated yet? Or if it was, was your family ineligible for
some reason?

> 2) The *paid parental leave* was the 2 days I got off. That was far
> better than most at the time (ca. 1990) Only reason I got that was because
> I was a foreigner, and told them that our tradition was to be with the
> wife during childbirth.

Thats not paid parental leave, its just ordinary paid leave.