Sentences with phrase «leave the family system»

When people got divorced, prior to the 1970's, one person (usually the father) often left the family system.

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Unlike Americans, however, residents of New Zealand enjoy the protection of a robust welfare state including a public health system, 18 weeks of subsidized parental leave and benefits for middle - and low - income families with young children.

Not only are you taking the trip alone, but you're often leaving behind your emotional support system of family and friends and coworkers.

Paid family and medical leave allows workers to take longer leaves of absence for the birth or adoption of a child, to care for a loved one, or to recover from a more serious personal injury or illness.15 Paid family and medical leave can be provided through a social insurance system, as it is in the three U.S. states that have active paid leave programs, or through another type of structure such as a government - business partnership.16

My objections would have more to do with the lengths some might go to cut their taxes under such a system; selling stocks in droves right before tax season, giving gifts out to family and friends (perhaps with the intent to take them back after the tax man leaves), and of course, owning more assets outside of America.

Perhaps, like me, your departure from the system was a testimony to your family and friends and the system you left that you believe it had failed and would continue to fail to create the culture of actual freedom.

Without such a means of assessing Catholic practice the Vaughan school has been left with a less than perfect system of giving extra credits to families based on the participation in the life of the parish.

Sometimes individuals leave families of origin because of abuse, because of dysfunction that threatens to overtake the entire family system.

As the oldest child in a stable middle class family, Luther endured a childhood of strict discipline at home, school and church that left him with a sense of inferiority, and emerged into university life at a time of great intellectual ferment that challenged the entire educational system as well as the corruptions of a politically powerful church.

Although not perfect — we would of course like a commitment to salary - replacement level pay for as much as possible of the leave — this would have been a forward - thinking system worthy of a Coalition aiming to make the UK the most family - friendly country in Europe.

That said, I fully support more options being made available and financially supported through the tax system, such as family leave programs that actually do allow parents to stay home if that is the option they choose.

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.

For too long we have accepted an unbalanced parenting leave system which offers families precious little choice over how to share the responsibility for earning and caring when they have children.

• Shake up the parental leave system so fathers can spend more time with kids under two years - old • 25,000 more dads per year to sign their child's birth certificate, to reach international standards and halve the number of those who don't • Dads able to stay overnight in hospital with their partner when their baby is born • Modern and relevant antenatal education for both parents • Dads reading with their children in all primary schools • Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family family types.

Chores represent a double parenting win: by building them into your family routine and system, you are equipping your child with essential life skills (you do not want your kid to leave the nest and be clueless about how to toast a bagel or do laundry!)

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.

In recognition that families often face a lack of consistent support once they've left the hospital, The Milk Mob works towards creating Breastfeeding Friendly Medical Systems and Communities.

Chapin, appalled by this, organized a new system of dealing with the babies and started to board them out to families instead of leaving them to be cared for in institutions.

Many fathers» rights proponents argue that the legal system is biased against fathers when it comes to family decisions, leaving many dads who desire to share parenting responsibility without the chance to do so.

The governor urged the crowd to «fight the good fight» for the wage hike, as well as a system of paid family leave.

Lawmakers spent a lot of time talking about meaty issues, including establishing a system of paid family and medical leave, reinstituting tolls on state highways and setting up new measures to address police accountability, but in the end, a lack of consensus scuttled chances for a vote.

As Cuomo made his case for a higher minimum wage and a system of paid family leave, Schumer leaned over to Cilento and began talking.

Some Democratic state lawmakers in Connecticut are pushing to further increase the state's minimum wage and enact a paid family medical leave system.

The strike's demands include a national healthcare system, a $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave for at least six months, free childcare and full - access, coercion - free reproductive freedom.

With Governor Cuomo's leadership, New Yorkers will have one of the highest minimum wages, the most expansive paid family leave act, and a criminal justice system that will no longer treat teenagers like adults.

«Each year tens of thousands of bereaved families are forced to endure lengthy delays and an archaic, unaccountable and inefficient system which also leaves the coronial service unable to fulfil its vital function of preventing unnecessary deaths.»

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing to shift payment responsibility to New York City for higher education and health care, is asking state legislators to adopt a congressional model limiting their outside income, will direct $ 2.6 billion to address homelessness in New York State and will push for a system of paid family leave.

Cuomo said lawmakers still haven't reached full agreement on the mechanics of raising the minimum wage, increasing school aid or creating a system of paid family leave for the state.

He turned left after a 2014 Democratic primary against Zephyr Teachout, a law professor, and in his second term has raised the minimum wage, expanded tuition subsidies at public colleges, enacted a system of paid family leave and raised the age of criminal responsibility.

A broader plan to move cases involving minors to the Family Court system could be left to another time, Cuomo said.

He was there with me as we fought for and won a fifteen - dollar minimum wage, paid family leave, free tuition through the Excelsior Scholarship, and as we invest in our public transit system's infrastructure.

Instead, Cuomo is in the middle of a massive push to increase the minimum wage and create a system of paid family leave.

In previous years, the group helped secure two minimum wage increases and a system of paid family leave.

President Barack Obama issued a formal statement commending Gov. Andrew Cuomo, after the governor signed a budget bill creating a system of paid family leave and raising the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour in some parts of the state.

The Democratic governor's statements came as his negotiating partners in the State Assembly and Senate once again huddled with their rank - and - file colleagues to discuss a spending plan that will total more than $ 140 billion, raise the minimum wage and implement a system of paid family leave.

State Sen. Jeff Klein, leader of the Republican - allied Independent Democratic Conference, participated in Tuesday's talks and said a system of paid family leave was set to be embedded in the $ 145.3 billion spending plan.

Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan and Sen. Joe Adabbo, both Democrats, have also carried a paid family leave proposal, using the state's temporary disability system.

«That laissez - faire attitude left Michigan families with a deeply dysfunctional school system that continues to fail kids.

Cuomo effectively banned hydrofracking in New York in 2014, rammed through a strict gun control bill within a month of the Sandy Hook massacre, and last year pushed for a system of paid family leave and a $ 15 - per - hour statewide minimum wage.

Cuomo then turned his attention elsewhere, touring the state during the six subsequent weeks in support of a minimum wage hike and a system of paid family leave.

Cuomo allies leapt to the governor's defense this week, saying his record of legalizing same - sex marriage, pushing for stricter gun controls, implementing a system of paid family leave and raising the minimum wage to $ 15 makes him a progressive leader who doesn't just talk, but gets results.

GOP senators have proven more disciplined, and Cuomo has cut deals with them — pushed by the IDC, and often with Democratic votes — to pass six timely budgets and major progressive bills like minimum wage hikes, a system of paid family leave, legalization of same - sex marriage and strict gun controls.

Cuomo's plan, presented in conjunction with his State of the State and budget address in January, would create a paid family leave system that would offer up to 12 weeks leave paid for by a weekly, 60 cent payroll deduction.

As part of the budget process, he pushed state lawmakers to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour and enact a system of paid family leave.

The Assembly, which has passed paid family leave on its own in previous legislative sessions, plans to introduce and pass a bill on Tuesday that would provide new parents or caregivers for sick relatives 12 weeks of paid leave through the state's temporary disability system.

While there have been major debates this year over Cuomo's plan for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage and a family leave policy, talk about workers» compensation has been relatively muted — perhaps because of its complexity and number of moving parts in the system.

The paid family leave system would be funded by small deductions - $ 1 a week - from all workers» weekly pay.

Ultimately, the discussion about the complex system for workers injured on the job has many moving parts and may have been more than all the parties could handle — given other issues they are debating such as minimum wage and family leave.

Legislators from both chambers pitched ethics reforms — and a host of other policy proposals, from paid family leave to a more robust system for organ donation — that will lead to clashes, namely the limiting of outside income for lawmakers and pension forfeiture for those convicted of a crime related to their public office.

Our fight is not yet over to end insider trading in Congress and demand more accountability in our political system, to make our food supply safe for American families, and fix the trade policies that have left our local manufacturers competing on an unlevel playing field.