I'm not sure I follow. What contracting job is there with paid parental leave from the employer/customer? Do you mean a job where you work for a "job shop" which is your employer of record but are actually working at client sites? If so, I can see how that would work out.
But that's not what the GP was describing, in which firing someone is no big deal because "we hired them on a short term basis anyway". But if you accept that as legit, I claimed, why are you even complaining about maternity leave, since you seem to be okay with people being hired on short term bases with no such promises, which is somehow all okay because "hey you made it clear from the beginning"?
IOW, the GP seems to be saying "Don't treat workers as disposable! You can just get a disposable worker to fill in for them!"
Right. I had specifically insurance based parental leave in mind, which is the right way to implement it "by law". I might have posted that in the wrong part of the subthread. I agree with you regarding an employer pays model, which has obvious drawbacks.
But that's not what the GP was describing, in which firing someone is no big deal because "we hired them on a short term basis anyway". But if you accept that as legit, I claimed, why are you even complaining about maternity leave, since you seem to be okay with people being hired on short term bases with no such promises, which is somehow all okay because "hey you made it clear from the beginning"?
IOW, the GP seems to be saying "Don't treat workers as disposable! You can just get a disposable worker to fill in for them!"