In our previous post here, we discussed the proposed changes to existing long service
leave entitlements for Victorian employees.
We are disappointed at the government's proposals for changing the system of
leave entitlements for parents (Report, 12 November).
In case you think «dinosaur dad» is an overdrawn caricature, remember that the Institute of Directors has vigorously opposed new
leave entitlements for fathers.
I would like to see a new front opened up in the gender debate — a strong coalition of men and women who understand that expanding opportunities for men in the home and for women in the workplace are inextricably linked, and who advocate both with equal urgency, on behalf of both men and women — and who therefore argue robustly for the «next steps» in the path towards gender equality: equity in
the leave entitlements for men and women.
Parenting leave reforms a «lost opportunity» to modernise, FI warns The government's proposals for changing the system of
leave entitlements for new parents, announced by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on November 13, send a perverse message to families.
«Statutory annual
leave entitlement for part - time employees is pro-rated to the amount of time they work.
Not exact matches
They have certain
entitlements under employment standards legislation (
for example, minimum wage, overtime, vacation, statutory holidays and
leaves).
Where possible, these qualifying criteria will mirror the criteria
for existing
entitlements such as maternity pay and allowance and paternity pay and
leave so that families will be able to easily work out their
entitlement.
Even with generous maternal
leave entitlements and protection
for jobs.
How do parents prove their eligibility
for the father to receive Additional Paternity
Leave (and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay)-- i.e. to take up the remainder of the mother's entitlement to leave /
Leave (and Additional Statutory Paternity Pay)-- i.e. to take up the remainder of the mother's
entitlement to
leave /
leave / pay?
I have never heard money cited by a friend as a reason not to have kids but we have generous maternity
leave entitlements and protection
for our jobs in our country (Australia) so maybe that isn't so much of an issue here as in other countries.
It is abundantly clear from every other country that has developed policy in this area, that the proposed transferability of
leave entitlements [4.5] will not result in significant opening up of choices
for families, without
leave for fathers being available on the same use - it - or - lose it basis that
leave is available to mothers.
Leave entitlements should not restrict any kind of arrangement that might work best
for parents.
So we are working to make it easier
for mothers and fathers to share caring and earning
for their families, through measures such as more father - inclusive maternity services, a fairer system of
leave entitlements, public services that systematically engage with men as fathers, and employer practices that recognise that most men are dads.
Our government is borrowing 35 cents of each dollar it spends,
leaving a debt our grandchildren won't be able to pay off, to buy votes
for incumbents through
entitlement programs.
Republicans are preparing to use the swelling deficits made worse by the tax cut package as a rationale to pursue their long - held vision: undoing the
entitlements of the New Deal and Great Society,
leaving government leaner and the safety net skimpier
for millions of Americans.
In response to critics who questioned why former CEO of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Tsatsu Tsikata, is being paid his ex-gratia, 14 years after
leaving office, he [Mr Tsikata] said fighting to gain his freedom from the «persecution» under the Kufuor administration in 2001, was far more important to him than pushing
for his financial
entitlements with the...
Last year Council Majority Leader Tom Hoffay (D - Ward 2) criticized Fuentes
for developing a plan to distribute over $ 100,000 in
entitlement funds
left over from earlier grants without placing it before the council.
In response to critics who questioned why former CEO of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Tsatsu Tsikata, is being paid his ex-gratia, 14 years after
leaving office, he [Mr Tsikata] said fighting to gain his freedom from the «persecution» under the Kufuor administration in 2001, was far more important to him than pushing
for his financial
entitlements with the company.
When workers had access to very long
leave entitlements, employers did not generally appear to feel any need to provide occupational family - friendly schedule arrangements, even
for their high - skilled staff.
If the Postdoctoral Scholar has exhausted their
entitlement to FML, or is otherwise ineligible
for FML, the University may approve a
leave to cover the absence from work
for verifiable medical reasons as referenced in § D.
«Hard fought
for entitlements such as sick
leave and maternity / paternity rights are under attack.
The big «aha» is when teachers realize that those stellar outcomes aren't really so stellar as they have reproduced their own ignorance and
entitlement in their students and
left them with no valuable skills
for community building across difference.
(F) The provisions of sections 10 - 153a to 10 - 153n, inclusive, [which are the state's collective bargaining laws] shall not apply to any teacher or administrator who is assigned to a commissioner's network school, except (i) that such teacher or administrator shall,
for the purposes of ratification of an agreement only, be permitted to vote as a member of the teacher or administrator bargaining unit, as appropriate,
for the local or regional board of education in which the commissioner's network school is located, and (ii) insofar as any such provisions protect any
entitlement of such teacher or administrator to benefits or
leave accumulated or accrued prior to the teacher or administrator being employed in a commissioner's network school.
Depending on your previous loan amount and where in the country you're buying, you may have enough VA loan
entitlement left over to qualify
for another loan.
There are ten minimum conditions
for employees, which include your
entitlements for leave, public holidays and sick
leave.
Frank Frattini, CEO of The Hungry Puppy, a single - store operation in central New Jersey, said that the story
left him with the feeling that independent pet retailers have «a false sense of
entitlement to make a profit they think is fair
for doing little more than opening their door in the morning.»
The amendments slightly limit the
entitlement to paid
leave to apply only to employees who have been employed
for at least one week.
For the purposes of an employee's
entitlement to a statutory
leave of absence, if an employee takes any part of a week as
leave, the employer may deem the employee to have taken one week of
leave.
Entitlement to parental
leave will increase to 61 weeks (effective December 3, 2017, previously 35 weeks) without pay
for employees (birth mothers) who took pregnancy
leave and a period of 63 weeks (effective December 3, 2017, previously 37 weeks) without pay
for all other eligible employees, and must start within 78 weeks (effective December 3, 2017, previously 52 weeks) of the day on which the child was born or came into the employee's custody, care and control
for the first time.
The new child death
leave expands upon the
entitlement of the former crime - related child death or disappearance
leave and will provide employees with an
entitlement of up to 104 weeks of unpaid
leave if a child of an employee dies
for any reason.
For the moment, it is
left to the district judge to certify
entitlement to a decree.
«The purpose of
entitlement to sick
leave is different, since it enables a worker to recover from an illness that has caused him to be unfit
for work.»
Last week, the Court of Justice further protected this
entitlement when it held that «a worker who becomes unfit
for work during his paid annual
leave is entitled at a later point in time to a period of
leave of the same duration as that of his sick
leave.»
Further, as the derogation provides an exemption only in relation to pay, drivers working
for Tesco through contracts with Mainstream will still be entitled to the same rest breaks and annual
leave entitlement as Tesco employees after 12 weeks in an assignment, and Tesco will be obliged to provide them with equal access to communal facilities and relevant vacancies from their first day.
Ultimately however 56 % of employers were of the view that the UK should create a formal
entitlement for statutory bereavement
leave.
For provincially regulated employees, the job protection and
leave entitlements will remain the same (i.e. usually based on a standard 12 month
leave) unless the provincial legislatures also change the applicable provincial employment standards legislation.
Further, while the proposed changes to the Employment Insurance Act will extend benefit
entitlement and allow mothers to begin their EI maternity benefit earlier, the changes will not necessarily alter the legislated length of pregnancy / parental
leave for all employees.
Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that every worker is entitled to paid annual
leave of at least four weeks in accordance with the conditions
for entitlement to, and granting of, such
leave laid down by national legislation and / or practice.»
If the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) follow the Advocate General's recent opinion on holiday
entitlement,
for those wrongly classified as self - employed, businesses who dispute
entitlement to paid annual
leave could face large pay outs...
Bill 148 has been revised to stipulate that,
for the new Domestic and Sexual Violence
Leave, which will provide employees with a dual entitlement of ten (10) days and fifteen (15) weeks of leave per year in specified circumstances, employers will be required to pay employees for the first five (5) days of this entitlement, while the remainder will remain un
Leave, which will provide employees with a dual
entitlement of ten (10) days and fifteen (15) weeks of
leave per year in specified circumstances, employers will be required to pay employees for the first five (5) days of this entitlement, while the remainder will remain un
leave per year in specified circumstances, employers will be required to pay employees
for the first five (5) days of this
entitlement, while the remainder will remain unpaid.
In this regard, Mr. Johnson cites Feng v. Graham [1988] 5 W.W.R. 137 (B.C.C.A.), (not a
left turn case),
for the principle that the plaintiff's
entitlement to assume that other traffic will obey the law, is «subject to the proviso» (in counsel's phrase) that where it is apparent or should be apparent that an oncoming driver is not going to yield the right - of - way, then at that point the other driver must act reasonably and can not simply proceed into the collision, as it were.
In this, our first follow - up FTR Now, we will focus on Personal Emergency
Leave (PEL) under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) as that
entitlement is being singled out
for earlier consideration in the Review...
Entitlements for job protected
leaves for provincially regulated employees continue under the applicable provincial employment or labour standards legislation.
The Bill 148 amendments include increasing the ESA's parental
leave entitlement from 35 weeks to 61 weeks
for employees who take pregnancy
leave, and from 37 weeks to 63 weeks otherwise.
Also, Employment Agreements which specify that paid
leave entitlements accrue at a particular rate throughout the year also need to be reviewed, as the PEL
entitlements are
for each calendar year and all accrue immediately.
An employee could be entitled to more than one
leave (including PEL)
for the same event — each
entitlement is separate.
He claimed a payment in lieu of his accrued holiday
entitlement for two
leave years but was denied his 2004
entitlement by the local courts because the permitted carry - over period was limited to three months.
This is was to be directly contrasted with the Parental
Leave Directive which is given on the same terms for both men and women but «does not specify any payment to be attached to such entitlement to leave for this purpose.&r
Leave Directive which is given on the same terms
for both men and women but «does not specify any payment to be attached to such
entitlement to
leave for this purpose.&r
leave for this purpose.»
The Company terminated his contract and Mr King brought a number of claims including holiday pay
for the whole period of his engagement on the basis that he was, in fact, a worker and therefore had an
entitlement to take and be paid
for annual
leave under the Working Time Regulations 1998 («WTR»).