Not exact matches
On the other hand, the study found that families that didn't need the mother's salary might benefit from the mom being at home for the
first year — something the researchers said could ideally be addressed by a more flexible
maternity leave policy for working moms.
One of the
first changes Randy made at Jawbone was updating the
maternity leave policy, which was antiquated and inadequate by his own admission.
As the
first and, for many years, the only female partner in a firm that now has more female than male partners, Cathy spearheaded the development of progressive
maternity and parental
leave policies to keep younger women in the firm and in the profession.
At that time, the law firm didn't have a
maternity policy, so she asked to have one developed and became the
first woman at the firm to go on a
maternity leave.
Facing a human rights complaint through the Community Legal Assistance Society from mother Jessica Alford about the clawback of
maternity and parental
leave benefits from Employment Insurance, and a rising chorus of disapproval about this
policy from
First Call, West Coast
LEAF, the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition and more, government again responded with the elimination of the clawback effective October 1, 2016.