I am an ardent supporter of breastfeeding and
improved family leave.
You can make submissions to politicians and lobby for
improved family leave.
Not exact matches
Considering the US's lack of federal paid
family leave policy, Sandberg said companies need to take the lead and support
families with their own paid
leave policies, which she said wouldn't just be nice to do, but would also
improve the bottom line by increasing employee loyalty and performance.
Most important, they become aware that their work is a stressor — that they need to
leave it behind when they go home, to
improve the quality of their
family life and free time.
69 % of fathers who took paternity
leave said it
improved the quality of
family life and 56 % that it led them to take a greater role in caring for their children (EHRC, 2009a).
As a politically active feminist and a mother myself, I believe her time and ability to command editorial space in The Wall Street Journal would be far better spent opining about things like the need for better
family leave and health care policies,
improved access to birth control and higher education and affordable child care for working mothers rather than whether Angelina Jolie plans to adopt again or how long my friends plan to breastfeed their babies.
Our mission is to
improve the lives of children by supporting
families completed through adoption in Eastern European and Central Asian countries and, through our orphanage support efforts, to never forget the children
left behind, who will grow up in those orphanages.
This
leaves breast - feeding problems either to the rare
family physicians, or more commonly to lactation consultants who can assist with technical issues —
improving the baby's latch and such — but can't write prescriptions, check hormone levels or offer a diagnosis.
«Today is a historic day — and we are ready to deliver tax relief that
improves the lives of middle - income Americans and struggling
families who have been
left behind in our slow - growing economy,» Brady said in a statement.
She expressed optimism about Governor Andrew Cuomo raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour, and working to
improve paid
family leave policies.
And at the same time, Hochul defended the wage hike as well as the approval of paid
family leave, saying those are measures
improving New Yorkers» lives.
Larkin has always worked hard to
improve the quality of life for women throughout New York State, and recently he helped pass both the Paid
Family Leave Act and the Women's Equality Agenda.
The report proposes a series of policy recommendations to close the wage gap, including launching statewide public education campaigns on the breadth of career opportunities, salary negotiation and financial literacy, expanding access to child care and
family leave, increasing career mentoring for young women and
improving data and transparency on job titles, pay and benefits.
She advocated doing so by
improving higher and early education, raising the minimum wage, strengthening paid
family leave and getting money out of politics.
Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul (New York) is
improving lives for women and
families with Paid
Family Leave and College Scholarships
Walking away from technology from Friday night to Monday morning each week decreases my stress,
improves my connections with my
family, and
leaves me feeling light and free.
If you follow these simple yet essentials tips your
family's health will
improve, without
leaving you overwhelmed (or broke!).
These departures cost the district $ 125 million in lost revenues each year and
left many school buildings half - empty... The exposé provided an opening for then - Superintendent Michael Bennet and the school board to pursue a more aggressive set of reforms focused on
improving school quality and offering
families greater choice.»
Ms. Anderson had argued that One Newark would offer more parents the opportunity to opt out of failing schools, and that by
improving the smaller number of public schools that remained, it would ultimately help retain the
families that might otherwise
leave the district for charter schools.
Empower DC and other opponents of Henderson's plan, including Council Member Yvette Alexander (D - Ward 7), said many
families have
left DCPS in poor neighborhoods because the city failed to invest enough in
improving those schools.
«Just by telling
families they can
leave, if there are not other things happening to
improve the supply,
families will have few options.»
Her secondary stakes are that she doesn't want to
leave her
family, but she has to do so in order to
improve her life.
That's a lot of money
left on the table, which you can spend on your
family, friends, retirement, and to
improve the overall quality of your life.
A good 7.1 headset, though, is a more realistic option for many, and can be a truly wonderous thing, massively
improve your gaming experience, all while
leaving you able to play late at night when the
family are asleep in the other room.
No such exceptional circumstances for removal need be shown in ACA 2002, nor where any shown in the
leave decisions mentioned, quite the reverse, the parents circumstances had
improved to an almost «normal» household, excepting for their care history, and the delay needed for further
family assessments and this delay would definitely not amount to an exceptional circumstance.
It's entirely reasonable, for instance, that spousal support would be permanently payable for a couple
leaving a long - term, traditional marriage of the
Leave it to Beaver variety, in which the dependent spouse has sacrificed her career and employability to manage and nurture the
family while the payor worked outside the home supporting the
family and incidentally
improving his earning potential.
Additional time off, extended
family leave and subsidized meal plans were listed as perks to
improve work - life balance.
That was the problem with the QCIPA in the first place; the explicit intention was to enable discussion that would
improve care and avoid repetition of mistakes, not
leave families wondering why their child died.
Your Firm App is a critical tool for any client wishing to
improve their client experience, and
leave clients happy and more likely to refer their friends and
family when the time comes.
Maternity
leave top up programs help financially, and also build loyalty and
improve retention, and we also offer accommodation programs for working parents so they don't need to be worrying about choosing
family over work or vice versa.
I'm
leaving the course with an unexpected new hope, and concrete tools to
improve relationships even outside of a «mediation» environment — personal,
family, work.
After reviewing background statistics and research on outcomes for youth who
leave foster care without a permanent
family, the bulletin looks at Federal legislation enacted to
improve these outcomes.
This policy, combined with Trump's proposal to eliminate all funding for international
family planning programs and UNFPA,
leaves the the world's most vulnerable women to suffer and undermines years of efforts to
improve women's health worldwide.
Following a number of significant events in his life and driven by his wish to focus his attention and energy on helping separating couples to reach their own agreements,
improve their communication and avoid court, he chose to
leave family law behind and specialise exclusively on
family mediation.
Moderate - income
families are typically ineligible for these publicly funded programs, but at the same time, such
families struggle to afford the high cost of care in the private sector.19 This
leaves parents facing a series of difficult choices, including prioritizing child care expenses over other household necessities; settling for low - quality child care that fits their budget; patching together multiple informal care options; or
leaving the workforce altogether.20 To ensure that all children can realize the gains that come from attending high - quality early childhood programs, policy solutions need to focus on
improving program supports and creating funding strategies that will increase access to high - quality programs for children from all backgrounds.
In the short time since the release of The Annie E. Casey Foundation policy report on the effects of incarceration on children,
families and communities2, the federal government and the Obama Administration made significant strides to
improve the transition for individuals
leaving prison.
In the US and Canada, most men and women are in the labour force when their first child is born, and about 60 % of women who have a child under three years of age are employed.5 Concerns about parental stress (caused by the difficulties of balancing work and
family responsibilities) and about children's well - being (in their earliest years of life) have prompted further consideration regarding how parental
leave and benefit policies might be
improved, and which complementary policies, programs, and services will best promote child and
family well - being.
This study attempts to fill gaps
left by the existing research by examining within - person changes in QOL during the time of pump transition in order to identify common
family, psychological, medical, and demographic factors that may contribute to
improved health - related QOL during this period.