Norway’s Labour in 2009: 14 weeks of leave for fathers only. It happened in 2013; a year later it was cut to 10
Norwegian Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)April 2009 · party programme for 2009–2013 «Skape og dele», adopted ahead of the 2009 election
«extend parental leave to 48 weeks at 100 per cent pay, with 14 of those weeks reserved for the father.»
From 1 July 2013 the father's quota was 14 weeks; in 2014 it was cut to 10 weeks.
The quota grew in steps: 10 weeks in 2009, 12 in 2011, 14 from July 2013. The next government cut it; since 2018 it has been 15 weeks.
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In Norway part of parental leave can be taken only by the father: if he does not take it, it is lost. The Labour Party, leading a coalition, promised to raise that part to 14 weeks.
First the words: who said it, when and where, verbatim (translations are ours). Answer Yes or No, or just open the answer: the stamp is the outcome, below it what came of it. On the chart the dark line is the fact year by year up to the deadline, the pale one after it; the blue dashed line is the promised number from the year of the words to the deadline, the light band the time the promise gave; the ring on the line is when it was said, the ring in the stamp’s colour the fact in the deadline year, beside it how far it landed from the goal. The numbers on the right are the scale.
- Norwegian Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet), party programme for 2009–2013 «Skape og dele», adopted ahead of the 2009 election quote
«utvide foreldrepermisjonen til 48 uker med 100 prosent lønn, og at 14 av disse ukene forbeholdes far.» — extend parental leave to 48 weeks at 100 per cent pay, with 14 of those weeks reserved for the father.
Arbeiderpartiet, «Skape og dele. Arbeiderpartiets program 2009–2013», копия в web.archive.org
- What happened came true, then undone
From 1 July 2013 the father's quota was 14 weeks; in 2014 it was cut to 10 weeks.
Quote: the Labour Party’s 2009–2013 programme «Skape og dele» (copy at web.archive.org). Fact: Statistics Norway (ssb.no) and the Labour and Welfare Administration NAV: history of the father’s quota. Outcome: «came true» — the promised number reached by the deadline («about» within 5%), an event happened before the end of the year promised; «exceeded» — with room to spare; «nearly» — short by no more than 10%; «late» — reached, but after the deadline; «did not come true» — not reached; «came true, then undone» — reached, then reversed. The deadline is the end of the year named.
The 2014 cut was made by the Solberg government, which replaced the coalition after the 2013 election. Two Statistics Norway articles differ: one says the quota was cut to 10 weeks, the other to 12; the first is used here.
A question for this picture
When governments change, how long do their family decisions last?