The company has recently extended child-care leave to two years from one, and it exempts women from having to work overtime until their youngest child enters elementary school.

该公司最近将照看幼儿的假期从一年延长至两年，并且女性员工在最小的孩子上小学之前可以不必加班。

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Many young Japanese fathers today say they would like to be more involved in raising their children, but very few feel at liberty to take the child-care leave to which they are entitled by law.

如今，很多年轻的日本爸爸们称，在抚养孩子上，他们乐意更多地参与。然而，鲜有人会随意休育儿假，虽然法律赋予了他们这样的权利。

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A parental allowance introduced in 2007 by then Federal Minister for Family Affairs Ursula von der Leyen, pays parents on child-care leave 67 percent of their take-home income for up to 14 months.

父母津贴计划从2007年开始实施，从那时起联邦家庭事务部长乌苏拉。冯。德雷恩将付给父母们育儿假期间总计长达14个月家庭实际收入的67%。

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If we act in these areas -- minimum wage, family leave, child care, health care and the safety of our children -- we will begin to meet our generation's historic responsibility to strengthen our families for the 21st century.

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Which brings us to the second proposed solution for the hours gap: generous family-leave and child-care policies.

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It may be a combination of ineffective government family leave and child-care policies, less willingness to individually assert themselves, and employer discrimination.

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