Sentences with phrase «for women on maternity leave»

«Short - term contracts are especially damaging for women on maternity leave,» says Rachel Tobbell, head of research support at the Royal Society.

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For companies that have an especially hard time replacing staff on leave, there can be an inclination, as the Alberta survey suggested, to simply avoid hiring young women or, worse, to fire them before their maternity leave kicks in.

So I want equal pay and decent healthcare for low - income women that includes contraception and supportive partners and a wide availability of midwives and supportive birth environments and real material support for children who are differently abled in mind or body and at least a year of maternity leave and on and on and on.

I think the focus of the debate should focus on why we don't have better maternity leave policies for women of all income levels, rather than Rosin's focus on who's the better mother / smarter / making more money, etc..

First, there is no suggestion of making women reduce their maternity leave by having to share it with men — this is based on the assumption that any gain for men must necessarily be a loss to women.

At points the memo is spot on — for example, the new proposals on parental and paternity leave are good news for women, who find that the current maternity leave rules sideline them from the best opportunities whilst their male colleagues plan for an interrupted career.

... For companies that have an especially hard time replacing staff on leave, there can be an inclination, as the Alberta survey suggested, to simply avoid hiring young women or, worse, to fire them before their maternity leave kicks in.

«it gives the impression that every nursing mother is an attention - seeking lunatic» It also works against women who would like to see more paid maternity / parental leave or flex time for working because it gives the idea that THIS is what women are going to do with that extra paid time, show up topless to a public event and sit on the floor nursing in front of a formula company's table.

I knew more and more women were doing it, and I was happy for them, but I didn't think breastfeeding twins was realistic, especially since I wouldn't have anyone at home with me while I was on maternity leave to help me get them latched for tandem nursing.

However, more and more women are not taking the maternity leave to which they are entitled for fear of disadvantages in the work place for their careers and, in the long run, even for their pensions, which in Germany are mostly based on lifetime earnings.

Many Women Quit Breast - Feeding Early Insufficient maternity leave poses a significant barrier, experts say December 27, 2009 Though a growing percentage of American moms start their infants on human milk, relatively few continue breast - feeding for the baby's first six months of life, let alone an entire year.

«All of the evidence shows that the greater the managerial discretion the greater the potential for discrimination and this is borne out by the number of women reporting they have been refused pay progression because they have been on maternity leave or are working part time.

In addition to this, more than half of women teachers absent on maternity leave during the year who were eligible for progression had been turned down and those from minority ethnic backgrounds were shown to have been more likely to be denied progression than others.

Teachers from minority ethnic backgrounds were more likely to have been denied progression than other teachers, and over half of women teachers absent on maternity leave during the year who were eligible for progression had been turned down, showing that many decisions are in clear contravention of equalities law.

Conservatives: Increase parental leave to 18 months, allowing parents to take up to six months of additional unpaid leave; allow self - employed parents to earn money without impacting EI payments; offer choice between full parental leave EI payments for 35 weeks, or extend those payments, at a lesser rate, for up to a maximum of 61 weeks; women receiving EI maternity benefits will also be able to earn employment income under the Working While on Claim pilot project (this is currently permitted for those receiving EI parental benefits).

Lamont's office of Academic Affairs & Diversity also supports women in science by offering family leave policies for Lamont research professors and paid maternity leave for full - time postdocs at Lamont; promoting a more diverse applicant pool for job openings; enhancing the visibility of women through special events; and increasing awareness by regularly distributing information on social science research to the Lamont staff.

WoW a 35 hr work week and I think a 5 week vacation a year plus holiday - days and also women get like 16 - 24 weeks «maternity» leave depending on how many kids at birth 16 for 1 and 26 for twins and it's paid!!

The partner tells me, «We bend over backwards to help our women associates by accommodating lengthy maternity leaves; putting on programs to help them develop business; holding events for potential female clients and allow some women to work reduced hours.

These rights afforded women on maternity leave also extend to fathers who are on parental leave for the birth of a child.

The reason I say that, I mean for me it feels self - evident but when women take maternity leave, what do we see on a billable hour year?

Instead of penalizing women who've had really great billable hours for years and then all of a sudden they have a maternity leave, and we all know if you have kids, you know you go on maternity leave, your out for let's say three months, you come back well a month later you've got a sick child so you're out again and then a month later you've got this other thing that comes up and then you've got doctors appointments and then you've got your doctors appointments and then the daycare closes unexpectedly.

At a recent talk at the University of Ottawa by Cynthia Petersen, the Law Society of Upper Canada Discrimination and Harassment Counsel, raised the idea that women who go on maternity leave are severely disadvantaged upon their return, unlike their male counterparts who take similarly long leaves for other personal or professional reasons.

(i) harassment will no longer have to be «on the ground of» sex, but merely «related to» it; (ii) harassment will apply to a witness of the opposite sex to the recipient of the behaviour; (iii) an employer will be liable for harassment for failing to take reasonable steps to protect an employee from repeated harassment by third parties; (iv) pregnancy or maternity leave discrimination will no longer require a comparator; (vi) it will be contrary to the Act to deprive a woman of non-contractual bonuses in respect of the two - week period of compulsory maternity leave; and (vii) the same claims of discrimination in relation to terms and conditions of employment will be available in relation to additional maternity leave as in relation to ordinary maternity leave.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced today that it has sued the Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC), the nation's largest mortgage insurance company, and two of its underwriters, Elgina Cunningham and Kelly Kane, for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against women on paid maternity leave.

Justice Department Sues Nation's Largest Mortgage Insurance Provider for Discrimination Against Women on Paid Maternity Leave.

Husband took six months off work to care for the eldest while I went back to my career — I was editor of Woman's Day and could only get two months maternity leave — and he's fancied himself as an expert on parenting ever since.