Sentences with phrase «flexible parental»

The Conservatives have called for more flexible parental leave, arguing parents should be able to share time - off.

Parents will need to meet certain earnings or length of service qualifying criteria to use the new flexible parental system.

There will be a new statutory payment for parents on flexible parental leave, with the same qualifying requirements that currently apply to statutory maternity and paternity pay.

Flexible parental leave must be taken in a minimum of one - week blocks.

The Liberals also promised to create a more flexible parental benefits plan that would allow parents to receive their benefits in smaller blocks of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month.

This proposed cutting maternity leave to 18 weeks and creating a new system of flexible parental leave — 4 weeks reserved for mothers, 4 weeks reserved for fathers (available directly to eligible fathers, not «given» by the mother) and 30 weeks available to the mother or father (or both, if both were eligible).

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The details of this new system are not yet fixed; the Government will consult on them during 2014, but it has already confirmed that parents will be required to provide a self - certified notice of their leave entitlement to their employers, giving a minimum of eight weeks» notice of intention to take flexible parental leave.

The government is not alone in looking for ways to help reconcile the challenges facing working families with young children, with the Liberal Democrats proposing 19 months of more generous parental leave (able to be taken by any parent) and the Conservative Party proposing flexible parental leave to help make Britain more family friendly.

The Government announced in November 2013 that it will look at extending statutory paternity leave from its current 2 weeks «once the economy is in a stronger position»; new flexible parental leave arrangements will apply from 2015.

What the Government has in fact announced may look and sound like flexible parental leave.

We have since floated the idea of shortening maternity leave even further, to just 2 weeks, and making the rest of the leave in the first year flexible parental leave, to be shared between the two parents — with the exception of the «reserved» daddy and mummy months.

Under the new system, employed mothers will still be entitled to 52 weeks of maternity leave, but will now be able to opt to end the maternity leave after two weeks, and transfer onto flexible parental leave — which can be taken by either parent.

A major question is whether or not the Liberals will make good on their promise to create a more flexible parental benefits plan, that includes up to 18 months of time off to care for an infant (six months of which would be unpaid).

Deputy PM Nick Clegg has announced new proposals on flexible parental leave which could see fathers taking over childcare after six weeks.

the decision to extend the existing system of transferable maternity leave, rather than introduce a system of flexible parental leave and pay in which mothers and fathers each have their own eligibility, and

Flexible parental controls allow you to manage usage limits, content access, and educational goals that can be managed through their device, or remotely from Amazon Parent Dashboard.

More Flexible Parental Leave Policies With more families with two parents working, it's time we reevaluate our parental leave policies.

The Government will consult in 2014 on the detail of how the new system will be administered, but it has already confirmed that parents will be required to provide a self - certified notice of their leave entitlement to their employers, giving them a minimum of eight weeks» notice of intention to take flexible parental leave.

Mums and dads on flexible parental leave will be able to take the leave in turns or together, provided they take no more than 52 weeks combined in total.

More flexible parental leave.

Flexible parental leave can be taken by the biological father or the mother's partner (husband, civil partner or partner, including same sex) concurrently with the mother on maternity leave, or both parents can be on leave together, so long as the total amount of leave does not exceed what is jointly available to the couple.

We propose to introduce flexible parental leave and statutory flexible parental pay in 2015.

The length of flexible parental leave will not exceed the balance of untaken maternity leave, and the amount of statutory flexible parental pay will not exceed the balance of untaken statutory maternity pay or maternity allowance available at the point at which the woman returned or commits to return to work.

Women with partners where they both meet the qualifying conditions for the flexible parental system will be able to end the mother's maternity leave and pay, or commit to ending it at a future date, and share the untaken balance of maternity leave and pay as flexible parental leave and pay.

• There being a flexible parental leave scheme — leave that is available to either parent, not available only to the mother and then transferable, starting after a short period of maternity leave

With this in mind, we suggest that an optimum leave design involves reserved leave for mothers (possibly called Maternity Leave) before the birth and up to around four weeks after it; around two weeks» birth - and - post-birth leave for fathers (possibly called Paternity Leave); and thereafter, Flexible Parental Leave (for a minimum of 12 weeks, with an aspiration of 6 - 9 months or more; well - paid; and with reserved periods for mothers and fathers).

They will be able to opt into the flexible parental leave system at any point after the initial two - week post-birth recovery period.

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«Flexible parental leave would enable mothers and fathers to strike the balance they choose between caring and employment,» she said.

The major policy announcement on free school meals was the obvious move in this direction — as well as being a sop to middle class voters who lost out after cuts to child benefit — but Nick Clegg's speech is full of references to policies which help in day - to - day life: the pupil premium, flexible parental leave, free childcare, a cap on social care costs.

This included measures to improve provision for disabled children and kids with special needs, more flexible parental leave and a draft bill «to modernise adult care and support in England».

For example, while it's important to implement a flexible parental leave program, a university should also strive to accommodate new parents back in the office.

Flexible parental controls allow you to manage usage limits, content access, and educational goals that can be managed through your child's device, or remotely from Amazon Parent Dashboard

The Liberal party has also touted a flexible parental benefits plan allowing parents to receive benefits in smaller blocks of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month — and make it possible for parents to take a longer leave — up to 18 months when combined with maternity benefits, although at a lower benefit level.

On March 22, 2017, the Canadian Federal Government released Budget 2017: Building a Strong Middle Class («Budget 2017») which proposes more flexible parental, maternity and caregiving leaves and Employment Insurance («EI») benefits to support employees in balancing work and their family responsibilities.

Flexible parental leave, following the government's recent announcement that it intends to allow parents to share parental leave (though this may be pushed to 2015).

Through proposals on flexible parental leave the Bill seeks to give parents more choice and flexibility about how they share the care of their child in the first year, enabling both parents to retain a strong link with the labour market.

Sweden for example has a flexible parental leave system.

By October 2015, a new system of maternity allowance should be in place - this «flexible parental leave» will give both mothers and fathers the same state support during the first year of their child's life.