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New fathers are entitled to at least eight weeks paid leave under a new labor agreement reached in Denmark.
The deal, concluded over the weekend by the Confederation of Danish Industry and the Central Organization of Industrial Employees, extends the amount of paid leave to which new parents are entitled from 13 weeks to 16 weeks, according to a statement on Sunday. Five weeks are allocated to mothers and eight to fathers, with households deciding how to split the remaining three weeks.
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