The World's Happiest Employees

The World's Happiest Employees £ "Very Satisfied' Employees Country "Satisfied' Annual Wage Maternity Leave Employees Leave 14 days for O - 5 years service, £5,766.86 21 days for 5 - 10 years service, Minimum Wage 90 days leave at 100% salary for the mother. Two days leave for Per Annum 28 days for 10 - £677.55 the father ARGENTINA 21% 44% 20 years service, Average Wage 35 days for 20 Per Month (2012) years service £20,357.02 Minimum Wage 18 weeks at federal minimum wage, and the partner received 2 weeks at federal minimum wages. The mother or the father can 20 days standard Per Annum plus 10 paid public holidays £1596.04 chose to have the longer period of AUSTRALIA Average Wage Per Month (2012) leave. The mother can also chose 26% 44% to have 52 weeks of unpaid leave £14,100.69 15 weeks paid, 82% pay for a further 30 days and 75% thereafter. Father can have 3 days paid leave from employer, and a further 7 days at 82% from health insurance funds Minimum Wage 20 days standard plus 10 paid public holidays Per Annum £1855.93 BELGIUM 27% 46% Average Wage Per Month (2012) £2758.62 Minimum Wage Between 120 - 180 days at 100% of Per Annum 22 days the salary for mothers. Fathers can £475.75 claim 5 days of paid leave BRAZIL 27% 42% Average Wage Per Month (2012) Minimum 10 £13,894.41 working days, Minimum Wage 50 weeks at 55% of the salary. with an extra 5 - 10 public holidays depending on Per Annum 15 weeks of this is maternity leave and the remaining 35 weeks is able £1665.75 to be shared with the father CANADA 29% 48% Average Wage Per Month (2012) province £3161.43 30 weeks at 100% of the salary Minimum Wage with 6 weeks to be taken before Per Annum 15 days the birth and 24 weeks £624.35 postpartum. Fathers can enjoy 4 days paid paternity leave CHILE 17% 48% Average Wage Per Month (2012) 5 days from 1 -9 £1508.70 years service, Minimum Wage 98 days at 100% of the salary for women, paternity leave ranges between 3 and 30 days according to employers Per Annum 10 days from 10 - 19 years service, £401.15 15 days from 20 years onwards CHINA 9% 51% Average Wage Per Month (2012) 4 Weeks £3280.44 28 weeks, beginning 6 - 8 weeks before the birth paid at 70% salary. then leave for up to 4 years paid at £366,97 - E152.91 per month, this standard, Minimum Wage Per Annum 5 Weeks for public sector, £1092.16 CZECH leave can be taken by the mother 13% 46% 12 public holidays Average Wage Per Month (2012) REPUBLIC or the father 52 weeks at 100%, 18 weeks must £2463.61 25 days and 9 public holidays Average Wage Per Month (2012) be taken by the mother and 2 weeks by the father but the rest can be shared as they see fit DENMARK 32% 46% 5 weeks, plus bonus days for £13,428.74 6 weeks at 100% of salary, rising to Minimum Wage 26 weeks at 100% for the third people who Per Annum child. Father can have 14 days paid choose to take leave then the mother and father their leave £4053.08 can chose to share 104 weeks of FRANCE 22% 46% outside of the Average Wage unpaid leave summer months Per Month (2012) 14 weeks at 100% of salary, 6 to be taken before birth, then 12/14 4 working weeks £1663.30 months at 65%, which can also be plus 9 to 13 bank holidays Average Wage Per Month (2012) taken by the father. Single mothers are not eligible to claim the 12/14 months leave GERMANY 21% 47% £6419.89 Minimum Wage Per Annum 119 days at 100% for the mother and 2 days for the father 20 days £1406.47 GREECE 15% 37% Average Wage Per Month (2012) £3180.96 20 days, Minimum Wage Per Annum increasing to 30 according to age 24 weeks at 100% and five days for the father £840.21 HUNGARY 7% 42% Average Wage Per Month (2012) £4907.53 7 days for 1- 2 Minimum Wage 10 weeks leave at 80% of the years service. Per Annum salary, 3 days paid leave for the partner, but only if the couples are married An extra day £944.78 per year until 14 days HONG KONG 7% 40% Average Wage Per Month (2012) 1 work day for £420.51 Minimum Wage every 20 days worked. 12 weeks at 100% of the salary for the woman. Paternity leave is set by the company, but not usually more than 1 week paid leave Per Annum Average of 12 work days £180.40 INDIA 30% 51% Average Wage Per Month (2012) per year £10,563.93 Minimum Wage From 10 working days for the first year, to 20 days for the 6th year 14 weeks at 60% of the salary and Per Annum either parent can claim 1 year of unpaid leave £1542.23 JAPAN 6% 38% Average Wage Per Month (2012) £18.072.01 Minimum Wage Per Annum 16 weeks at 100% of the salary, additional 12 months parental leave At least 25 days and public to be taken by either parent paid holidays £2500.46 at a fixed rate of £1434.51 LUXEMBOURG 29% 49% Average Wage Per Month (2012) 8 days for the first two years with an employer, £1896.25 12 days for Minimum Wage 2 -5 years 60 days at 100% of the salary, Per Annum fathers are commonly given just employment and 16 days for 5 or £587.66 2 days paid leave MALAYSIA 12% 65% more years, Average Wage Per Month (2012) 14 days public holidays (state dependent) £887.40 6 days for 1 year Minimum Wage of employment, 12 weeks at 100% of the salary for Per Annum up to 29 days for 32 years of employment the mother, and a minimum of 5 £372.41 paid days for the father MEXICO 26% 49% Average Wage Per Month (2012) £14,191.02 14 weeks at 100% of the salary or Minimum Wage £232.95 per week, whichever is weeks plus 11 - 12 paid Per Annum lowest, fathers can have 1- 2 weeks unpaid leave and can take a share of the 38 weeks unpaid leave public holidays £1396.08 NEW ZEALAND 29% 44% Average Wage to which the mother in entitled Per Month (2012) 56 weeks at 80% of salary, or 46 weeks at 100% of salary. 12 weeks of this is the Daddy Quota' and 21 working days £2249.13 plus 5 - 12 Average Wage Per Month (2012) must be taken by the father. Both mother and father can expect a full year of unpaid leave public holidays NORWAY 35% 37% £13,875.49 Minimum Wage 16 weeks at 100% for the mother 4 Weeks plus 9 paid public holidays Per Annum and 2 days at 100% for the father. Both then mother and father can £2349.42 THE claim 26 weeks of unpaid leave 21% 53% Average Wage Per Month (2012) NETHERLANDS £3594.75 Minimum Wage 16 - 18 weeks at 100% of salary, Per Annum have 7 days at 100%. 22 working days Mothers can have up to 3 years e unpaid leave £939.28 POLAND 16% 49% Average Wage Per Month (2012) 16 weeks at 100% for the mother, 7 days, additional 1 day per year and 1 weeks of 100% Government paid paternity leave for the father. The 16 weeks of maternity leave is restricted £1599.71 Average Wage to maximum of Per Month (2012) SINGAPORE 14 days to married women whose children 8% 48% are Singapore citizens £3157.15 34 weeks at 65% of the mother's 20 days. Minimum Wage salary. In slovakia it is standard Per Annum that the mother or father would 25 after stay at home for 3 years after a child's birth and the state pays 200 reaching the £846.94 SLOVAKIA 13% 47% age of 33 Average Wage euros per month in support Per Month (2012) 20 days plus 12 - 16 public holidays. £4175.38 Average Wage Per Month (2012) 14 weeks at 100% pay for the mother, and just 1 day for the father Public sector SWITZERLAND usually have an 28% 49% extra week 14 days for 0 - 5 £4156.24 years service, Minimum Wage 16 weeks allowed for the mother at 20 work days for 5 - 15 years Per Annum 66% pay, with 8 weeks to be taken before the birth and 8 after. The service, £1058.52 father gets just 3 days TURKEY 19% 43% Average Wage Per Month (2012) 26 days for 15 years + £10,393 Women are eligible for 52 weeks maternity leave. 39 weeks is paid Minimum Wage at 90% of the salary. Fathers are 28 calendar days, Per Annum entitled to at least 2 weeks paid including public leave after the birth of the child, holidays £1874.28 UNITED and up 26 weeks paid paternity KINGDOM 24% 43% Average Wage leave if the mother wants to return Per Month (2012) to work £9163.83 Federal minimum The USA has no federal ruling on Wage Per Annum. (many states have their own, higher minimum wage) Parents in the US receive no paid how much leave maternity leave but both mother employees should get. and father are able to take 12 UNITED STATES weeks unpaid OF AMERICA 53% 31% The average is £1982.86 20 days Average Wage Per Month (2012) Sources G The Gap Partnership en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/u-s--workers-have-the-most-hate-for-work-150252212.html www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17543356 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_by_country www.thegappartnership.com.hk Randstad Workmonitor Wave 4 Global Press Report