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Across 1. state that recently approved partially paid parental leave,but is now withholding funding 7. were first established in 1883 by the National German social insurance law 8. the number of weeks of job-protected leave each year offered in the U.S. 10. 1st state to offer paid family leave in the U.S. 12. only other industralized country that has no paid parental leave besides the U.S. 15. type of maternity leave initiated in 1987 by nine states 16. the number of weeks of maternity leave offered in Sweden 17. Congress is proposing legislation granting this many weeks of paid leave to federal employees

Down 2. covers all parents in Sweden for 180 days 3. a requirement for FMLA elgibility, 1250 of these from the employee 4. group who proposed parental leave in the U.S. in 1942 5. method of financing parental leave in Sweden 6. FMLA must be taken continuously and on this type of basis 9. total number of months of job protected leave in Sweden 11. U.S. national parental leave policy 13. offerd parental leave in 1974 14. the number of states that have temporary disability programs that include pregnancy and childbirth 16. the number of countries in the world that do not and are not planning to offer paid parenta leave