Why does America give less paternity leave and guaranteed vacation time than other countries?
339968
Because American business's are greedy. Most pay and benefits were hard fought by unions and now that unions are in decline the prospective for any improvements look dim. I am hoping that the pendulum is about ready to swing the other way.
277386
Not all countries have weekends as we know them in the U.S.  In some countries they take one day off at the beginning or end of the week and one day off in the middle of the week.  In others employees work three 10 hour days and have the rest of the week off.  In the Middle East most people work on sundays.\n\nThe Weekend is not governmentally determined.  It was something that just happened as we went from family owned businesses and farms where most people (in the U.S.) worked 10-12 hours a day Monday through Saturday to the 9-5, M-F office based workplace of today.
470526
they bottom out the wage base,and greedy AMerican employers make a larger profit because nobody else will work as cheaply. They financially drain free healthcare programs, making it more difficult for Americans to utilize them. They force the US to pay big money to ship them back home when they are caught. There are disease,biological and homeland security risks from coming across the borders un-inspected. They cause stiffer regulations for those people who want to legally migrate.
765476
They value leisure time (le temps libre) while we have a "work, work, work!" mentality. We work for an average of over 40 hours a week, while they work for less than 35 hours, and they get 5 weeks of paid vacation on which they spend time with their family and play sports, whereas we sit around on our vacation. France actually has a branch of their government dedicated to vacation and free time. Why not, when out of their 75 year average life-span they work for about 10 years(continuous) and have about 25 years of vacation(continuous).
685943
1-2 weeks vacation plus holidays:\n\nChristmas (sometimes another day before or after)\nNew Year's\nMemorial Day (some businesses)\nMartin Luther King Day (some businesses)\nJuly 4th\nLabor Day\nThanksgiving (and sometimes the day after)\n\nALL European countries give employees MUCH more time off -- 4-5 weeks, usually.  In USA, you usually have to work 15-20 years before you get that much.
1049231
The border has nothing to do with that. The problem is that in the US computer job employees need/want more money and the company can go to another country and get people just as qualified who will work for much less money. The US economy is over-inflated compared to that of many other other countries. Either the pay for the other countries must all match the US pay, or vice versa.
614464
That's a single data point.  I wouldn't assume that other country's systems are better without more information.  I think we just get firehosed with info when it happens in the US vs elsewhere.
134969
actually there is a shortage of women in india because male children are typically favored while female children are often seen as a burden and sometimes aborted or killed.  additionally, indian society is very conservative, and males are often unable to initiate relationships with females on their own.  usually it is done through family ties (arranged marriage)  On top of that, indians usually see america as being the land of opportunity, so if they land an american wife they get doubly lucky, they get a woman and an opportunity to go to america.
705563
There aren't really any benefits. Most countries do not circumcise their children at birth. Main difference is teaching the child to keep it clean under the skin. Which we should teach our children good hygiene anyway.
1078288
A couple of things.  One, welfare.  At first it helped people get on their feet.  Then it became a handout.  Two, divorce.  With visitation and living in two homes, neither parent is there to teach the kids to work.  Three, affluence.  Our kids have way too much.  Most of them think money comes from parents, not from work.  Four, morals.  Since we can't talk about morals, moral people are on their own.  Pride for work well done doesn't mean very much. Americans want it done quickly and cheaply and that's it.  Five, entitlement.  Especially with kids.  Somehow the older generation has handed them the idea that they somehow deserve things without having to do anything for it.
1079407
Laziness, I guess. It seems parents do less parenting these days by working too much and leave other people to burden the responsiblity of raising their kids.
1121720
Because some American men have tiny, tiny penises and know they can't please an American woman, hell, probably not even a Canadian woman. So they go to cultures where the women are small, submissive, and easy to abuse and control and find a woman there that they can take out their inferiority complex and insecurities on.
982583
Americans have been told for the last 20 years not to worry about manufacturing jobs leaving the US, they were being replaced by high tech and service jobs. When customer service and tech support jobs were contracted to S Asia, we were told these weren't really the kind of white collar jobs Americans wanted anyway. Now we have to leave the country to get professional services? Come, on, this is globalization for the sake of globalization, MBA's justifying their salaries and their business trips.
388417
lots of ladies work right up till the last month of their pregnancy without complications to the baby. This allows them to have more maternity leave after the birth.\nSome ladies, however have complications from the start so need more rest. its really down to the individual.\nit is tiring though caring another person around for months!!
358012
Because it is easier to make a fixed income stretch.Some are leaving because our society has changed so much.It is not the same as when we grew up ,people are just sick and tired of the BS.Also other countries see it as an economic boom and are building beautiful American communities.
988399
My question is, 'why is it america's job to wipe the world's ass'?\nSeriously. How many more trillions are we supposed to spend fixing other countries' problems? What are YOU trying to sign the american taxpayer up for, exactly? LOL Screw that. Africa needs to discover 'birth control'. Sorry if that sounds cold-blooded, but \nquite frankly, at some point in time, other nations have got to get their acts together, and work to defend their own societies from these kinds of things. If they can't/won't, what exactly do you expect america to do about it? Maybe the bitter, correct answer is LESS foreign aid so there's less people able to live in countries that won't normally support their populations. Stop giving out money, and get people in the mind-set of not having more kids than they can support. Can't feed em? Don't breed em. Pretty straightforward, there...
134966
That's true especially in highly developed countries since they are not replacing their population as fast as they are dying out.  Most of them have 2 kids at the most when several decades ago they would have 3-4 kids per family. When you go to these countries, you will hardly see any kids around. Kinda creepy if you ask me.