Canada Families get a right to parental leave for ten weeks. This is paid by unemployment insurance where the family is eligible for unemployment benefits. Ten weeks of paid parental leave are available to either parent until the child is eight. Fathers are entitled to an additional two weeks. Leave can be extended to 52 weeks with the employer's agreement, as employees have the right to return to the same job.
Parental leave is paid by the state at a flat-rate equivalent to unemployment benefit.
Finland Parental leave of 26 weeks can be shared between parents after maternity leave and has to be taken in blocks of at least 12 days. It can also be used to reduce working hours until the child is seven. Parental leave is paid by the State, with the level dependent on previous earnings. Care leave can be taken up to the child's third birthday, in blocks of at least one month. There is a basic payment of a home care allowance for care leave.