Umsunguli we-Facebook uMark Zuckerberg wenza iindwendwe zamva nje ngokuthatha ikhefu elongezelelweyo eliphumayo emva kokuzalwa kwentombi yakhe. Nangona kunjalo, amadoda amaninzi aseMelika ayithathi ixesha elingaphezulu kweentsuku ezimbalwa. Uphando lufumanise ukuba amapesenti angamashumi asithoba anesithandathu ama-American abuyele ukusebenza kwiiveki ezimbini zokuzalwa komntwana.
Uphando olutsha olwenziwa nguGordon Dahl, i-Economist yaseYunivesithi yaseCalifornia yabheka indlela yokuhamba yasekhaya eNorway apho ooyise bathatha ixesha elide lokuhamba kunye noobawo eMelika.
Abaphandi babhekisela kwisicatshulwa esinokuthi sithathe ixesha lokuyeka emsebenzini. "Kuthekani ukuba ndithatha ikhefu lokuhamba, ngaba andiyi kukufumana ukuphakanyiswa okulandelayo? Okanye ngaba abantu baya kucinga ukuba andixhunyiwe kwindawo yokusebenzela? Ngaba ndingumqondiso wokuba andinandaba nomsebenzi okwaneleyo? ' "U
Abaphandi bafunda iiprogram zokushiya ikhefu eNorway, apho isizukulwana esidlulileyo amadoda athatha ixesha elide lokuhamba ngezinga elifanayo njengamadoda aseMelika. Emva koko, ngo-1993, iNorway yaguqula umthetho. Emva kwayo yonke imihla yokuzalwa, abazali abasebenzayo basenayo iinyanga ezisibhozo zekhefu lokuhlawula ukuba bahlukane phakathi kwabo, kodwa iiveki ezine zanezelwe nje kubaba. Ngobusuku, ikhefu lokuthatha ikhefu lihamba ukusuka kwi-3% ukuya kuma-35 ekhulwini looyise. Kwaye kwenzeka into emangalisayo ngakumbi. Kancinci, inani lamadoda athatha ikhefu labazali lakhula likhulisa ama-70 ekhulwini.
Uphononongo lufumene ukuba ukuba utata omtsha wayenomsebenzi-ntsebenziswano uza kuthatha ikhefu, ngoko ke wayenamaqela eepesenti ezili-11 anokuthi athathe ikhefu ngokwakhe.
Ukuba wayenomzalwana owawushiya ikhefu, ubaba omtsha wayengama-pesenti engama-15 ahamba nayo.
Umgaqo-nkqubo waseMelika kunye nekhefu lokubeleka kusemva kwehlabathi lonke. Okwangoku, i-41 ithi eUnited States ilandele iikhosi zentlawulo yekhefu elingakhokhelwa, esebenza kwiinkampani zangasese zabasebenzi abangama-50.
Lo mthetho unikeza iiveki ezili-12 zekhefu ngonyaka ukunyamekela ilungu lentsapho okanye impilo yomsebenzi. Ntandathu I-DC ne-DC yandise inani lekhefu lentsapho elingakhokhelwa kunye neeklasini zamalungu omndeni onoxanduva lokugcinwa phantsi komthetho wekhefu. Amazwe amathathu kuphela anikezela ikhefu yentsapho ehlawulwe kunye nokwandiswa kwekhefu elingakhokhelwa. Iiprogram zekhefu ezihlawulwayo kulezi zintathu zixhaswa ngemali yerhafu yokuhlawulwa kwabasebenzi.
Kukho ithemba ngeMerika! Into efana neNorway isenokuthi ityale eCalifornia, apho ikhefu elihlawulwe lifumaneke kubazali abasebenzayo ukususela ngo-2004. I-Facebook ingaqala ukuhamba apho amadoda aya kuqala ukuthatha ikhefu xa bebona abo basebenza nabo benza njalo.