Sentences with phrase «as paid parental»

Last month former treasurer Peter Costello said the Coalition should abandon policies such as paid parental leave and Direct Action because they were unaffordable.

The District will provide up to 15 days of paid leave to benefits eligible teacher as paid parental leave or paid family illness leave.

As BBA has long emphasized, bringing our nation into line with our Western peers in terms of such basic family supports as paid parental leave, accessible high - quality child care, and pre-k that is available to all children, not only those lucky enough to have parents who can pay for it, would go a long way toward leveling the academic playing field, not to mention boosting the economy in numerous ways.

Our offer is unique: we are the only party offering free childcare to help parents as soon as paid parental leave ends.

As well as having a huge range of gift ideas for you to browse, Uncommongoods support and believe in some really important and worthwhile causes such as paid parental leave, preventing sexual violence and saving the planet.

On the structural side, they advocate such things as paid parental leave, flextime in the workplace, an extended school day and year, housing subsidies, tougher divorce laws, and welfare benefits favoring two - parent families.

Larger businesses are able to offer a broad array of attractive benefits such as paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and health insurance.

Larger businesses are able to offer a broad array of attractive benefits such as paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

Pinterest provides a unique take on the parental - leave policy by offering three paid months off, plus a month of part - time hours, as well as two counseling sessions to create a plan to reenter the workplace.

I grew up in Slovenia, where extensive, paid parental leave is a given — as it is in the rest of Europe and the developed world.

Some fathers take Annual Leave instead of, or as well as, paternity / parental leave, particularly where that is not available or is low paid.

The government had initially planned to extend statutory maternity pay (SMP) from 39 to 52 weeks at the same time as increasing paternity rights, which will allow parents to share up to six months parental leave after the baby's first six months.

This is different from the current low - paid system (known as Shared Parental Leave — SPL), which requires mothers to transfer some of their leave to their partner - and for which only a minority of parents qualify.

Businesses can not afford to ignore the parenting revolution that millennials want to see and the PM won't succeed in his vision of eliminating the gender pay gap unless we see a more equal sharing of parental duties as the new norm.

Fathers are offered 2 weeks at 90 % pay for paternity leave, and they can take up to 13 weeks of unpaid parental leave (which is available to the mother as well).

One option to help dads spend more time with their new borns is shared parental leave (SPL), which allows parents to split up to 52 weeks off between them, as well as up to 39 weeks of statutory shared parental pay.

«We need a level playing field on parental rights and pay — between those classified as «workers», «employees» and «self - employed»,» says the organisation's Julia Waltham.

Having Parental Responsibility doesn't make you liable for paying child support: if you are recognised as the biological father, you will have to pay child support — whether or not you have Parental Responsibility.

New fathers, by contrast, get one month (unpaid) parental leave; and just two weeks» (very low paid) paternity leave, which most, as their family's breadwinners at this time, can not afford to take.

For those who aren't aware (probably the vast majority, seeming as Shared Parental Leave is relatively new)-- Shared Parental Leave allows me as the (birth) mother to «give» a portion or virtually all of my 52 weeks statutory maternity leave and 39 weeks statutory maternity pay, over to The Wife.

The study explores different perspectives on paternity leave, including a survey of more than 1,000 fathers from nearly 300 different organizations (primarily well - educated professionals); a benchmarking study of paternity leave policies at leading organizations; and a review of global paternity leave policies and practices, as well as U.S. states that have enacted laws to provide paid parental leave.

But as a country, we are still ignoring the issue: we don't require companies to provide paid parental leave, for instance, and we do little else to support quality early child care.

As is similar in most European countries, Swedish women have about a year of maternity and parental leave at about 75 % pay, and the right to gradually go back to work, starting at even an hour a day if they want.

Full - time employees at Amazon receive competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, 401 (k), company stock awards, and parental leave benefits, including up to 20 weeks of paid leave and innovative benefits such as Leave Share and Ramp Back, which give new parents flexibility with their growing families.

She said: «The youth allowance that will replace JSA [jobseeker's allowance] will be paid at # 57 a week, which is the same as young person's JSA but it will be means tested on parental income.

Hagelgans, 39, was previously de Blasio's communications director and was credited with pushing the city's offer of paid parental leave to non-union employees, as well as the expansion of pre-kindergarten to 3 - year - olds.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew on April 30 slammed the city's reluctance to extend paid parental leave to UFT members as «clear gender bias.»

In a Syracuse Post-Standard OpEd, Rep. John Katko talked up his Parental Savings Account proposal as a better paid family leave option for workers and small businesses.

«For those interested in a paid parental leave benefit, our intent is to reach an agreement that includes paid parental leave as part of an overall settlement, in a way that is both responsive to workers» needs while also fair and responsible,» Linn testified.

The answer: The relative lack of workplace «packages» of policies such as paid sick time, paid vacation, flexible work hours and paid maternal or parental leave, said co-researcher Matthew Andersson, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology at Baylor University and formerly a researcher at Yale University's Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course.

The Postdoctoral Scholar's paid parental benefit may be taken as either FML - qualifying Parental Leave under this section and / or Personal Leave of Absence under § D. parental benefit may be taken as either FML - qualifying Parental Leave under this section and / or Personal Leave of Absence under § D. Parental Leave under this section and / or Personal Leave of Absence under § D. 4 below.

Although initially sceptical about the need for change, as the blinders are ripped from her eyes Maud realizes she must play her part to secure a brighter future for women across the country — which means equal pay, parental rights for mothers, access to education and a slew of other human rights — all of which she and other women of all social and economic classes were denied.

The numbers of parents paying by cash are similar across both stages of education, which suggests that all schools are moving away from it at the same rate - more than half of parents appear to have moved past cash, but only secondary schools have dedicated software as a clear alternative, perhaps suggesting that some primary schools do not fully understand the benefits of parental payment software.

Rather, as is the case for the previously described relationship between parental education and price, families with more economic advantage are paying more.

The group advocates for the elimination of teacher tenure; teacher evaluations that include test results as a factor; results - based teacher pay; parental choice that includes charters and vouchers; and pension reform.

Before his election to the Senate, Senator Wiener served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, where he authored a number of first - in - the - nation laws, including mandating fully paid parental leave for working parents, requiring water recycling and solar power in new developments, and banning public spending in states with anti-LGBT hate laws.

As is, the federal parental leave program pays out benefits for up to 17 weeks for new mothers and allows parents to split an additional 35 weeks.

When the time comes to pay for college, 529 contributions count as parental assets, which means that less than six percent of their value counts against your child's financial aid's eligibility.

Parental Obligation Released: As the parent, you will no longer be responsible for paying back the Parent PLUS Loan.

You could be eligible for government benefits such as Parental Leave Pay, Family Tax Benefit or Dad and Partner Pay.

Requirements for parental care or paid daycare will gradually diminish as the kids reach school age.

But ask any mom or dad nearing the end of a parental leave and you're sure to hear the same refrain as they struggle to decide whether to stay home with the kids or pay for daycare.

Norway has among the highest breastfeeding rates of any industrialized country, generous paid parental leave (for fathers as well as mothers), and very low infant and maternal mortality rates.

So, here's what you need to know so you can plan and budget accordingly: as of April 2017, statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay will increase to # 140.98 per week.

These include for example, the right to claim unfair dismissal, to receive statutory sick pay maternity, paternity and parental rights; to be paid the national living or minimum wage depending if they are aged 25 or more; to have working time rights such as not to be forced to work more than 48 hours per week, regular rest breaks and night working health and safety standards; to receive a statement of terms and conditions of employment.

Paid parental leave will be available to eligible employees in addition to unpaid leave from their employers (which is presently available to most employees under the «National Employment Standards»), as well as any additional paid parental leave offered by employPaid parental leave will be available to eligible employees in addition to unpaid leave from their employers (which is presently available to most employees under the «National Employment Standards»), as well as any additional paid parental leave offered by employpaid parental leave offered by employers.

Take up of shared parental leave has been reported to be as low as 2 % nationally, and campaigners and backbench MPs have pressed the government to replace it with an extended period of paid paternity leave, which is common in Scandinavian countries.

The basis of the claim is that the rate of pay for shared parental leave is the same for both father and mother, but it has a disparate impact on fathers because they, as opposed to mothers, have no other choice.

A recent case has provided employers with helpful guidance as to whether they need to match enhanced maternity pay with equivalent shared parental pay.

The general rule is that interns do not have paid holiday per say, but rather off - work days, i.e. days during which the employer allows the intern not to come to work, aside from certain circumstances such as parental leave for which the interns have «proper» leave.