Sentences with phrase «long parental leaves»

But I do worry about the message her pledge to take almost no time off sends about the value of maternity leave, and how it undermines recent efforts by US companies to offer and normalize the idea of longer parental leaves, for both moms and dads.

In this case the man may wish to take a longer parental leave (up to 37 weeks under the legislation) so his wife can return to work.

«That's still an important factor, but what we're seeing is more emphasis on things like longer parental leave, opportunities for sabbaticals, and better benefit packages.

Not exact matches

Facebook joins a long list of big - name global tech firms to significantly beef up their parental leave offerings for full - time employees in recent months, including Netflix.

In a developed country like the U.S. which says it values families and children, decent paid parental leave should have long ago become the norm.

You're so lucky to have paid paternity leave for so long — one of the things Sweden gets so right is its parental rights!

taking of paternity / parental leave does not seem, in Sweden, to impact negatively on fathers» work prospects in the longer term (O'Brien, 2004).

Despite the introduction of shared parental leave in 2015, the UK is a very long way from this model.

• Among employed men, fathers» use of parental leave is also strongly influenced by organizational culture, including their company's commitment to caring values, level of «father friendliness» and support for equal opportunities for women; and also the fathers» perceptions of support from top managers, and of work group norms that reward task performance vs. long hours at work (Haas et al, 2002).

While I would not condone such a law in the US, I would vigorously support other laws that support breastfeeding (longer paid parental leave, for example).

It is appalling to me that we are still in a situation where men feel that they can't take parental leave because it's frowned upon and not manly, and they are working longer and longer and longer hours and forced out of family life, at the same rate that women are being forced out of working life.»

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A cursory tour of the guidebook will leave the reader wiser about the distinctive characteristics of charter schools (autonomous, accountable, choice - based), its innovations (longer days and years, new approaches to staffing), and key strengths (increasing parental engagement, empowering educators).

It's true that formal policies committed to aiding employees — generous parental leave, for example, or an established mentorship program — can be attractive to new hires and appreciated by long - term workers.

As BBA has long emphasized, bringing our nation into line with our Western peers in terms of such basic family supports as paid parental leave, accessible high - quality child care, and pre-k that is available to all children, not only those lucky enough to have parents who can pay for it, would go a long way toward leveling the academic playing field, not to mention boosting the economy in numerous ways.

The federal government's long - promised changes to parental leave rules will go into effect early next month, says Families Minister Jean - Yves Duclos, allowing eligible new parents to take up to 18 months of employment insurance benefits after the birth of a child.

OTTAWA — New mothers and fathers planning to begin their parental leave on or after Dec. 3 will be able to spread their federal benefits over a longer period of time.

When parental leave is offered exclusively to fathers, research by Andreas Kotsadam and Henning Finseraas in Norway shows that over the long term, couples share domestic tasks more equally and have 11 % fewer conflicts over the division of household labour.

Liberals: Create 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; scrap the Universal Child Care Benefit for the wealthiest families, and instead introduce the Canada Child Benefit that will give the majority of families up to $ 2,500 more, tax - free, every year (typically for a family of four).

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.

In Canada, your student loans are frozen as long as you're on maternity / parental leave, which lasts a year and can be taken by the mom or dad.

Family life seems particularly well - supported: after parental leave, attorneys have the option to return on a 60 % basis, and after a year they can remain on an 80 % schedule for as long as they need.

Allow parents to take longer unpaid parental leave to care for their new child while ensuring job protection.

Fundamentally reform the parental leave system to provide for a longer, higher paid period of leave for fathers;

In provinces where the statutory parental leave does not have to be shared, parents may be able to divide their employment insurance benefits over a longer period, opening the door for more fathers to take paid leaves in these jurisdictions.

Today, the year - long mat leave is standard practice, while parental perks such as salary top - ups, extra health benefits and flextime options have become commonplace expectations, especially among the generation Y.

The Tribunal concluded the employer discriminated against the employee on the basis of family status when it gave top - up benefits for parental leave to adoptive parents but denied them to biological parents, depriving the employee of money and time with his child — and awarded him a paid parental leave with top - up even though the child was no longer an infant.

Related amendments will adjust the timing of when parental leaves must begin and end to reflect the longer period of leave.

The longest he'd abstained from posting before that was during his parental leave in December, when he went 18 days without a status update.

Some possible examples could include parental leave, caring for a family member, plans to travel or long - term illness.

Nonetheless, the extent to which practices have caught up with societal expectations of more equal parenting is contested, and research suggests that fathers still generally work longer hours than mothers, are less likely to take up parental leave, and spend less time than mothers with their children (Devreux, 2007; Doucet, 2013; Hook & Wolfe, 2012; McMunn, Martin, Kelly & Sacker, 2015).

Its really hard to discuss this anywhere without hearing «Oh your just trying to turn him against his mother» I know that happens alot and i know men and women are both guilty of it but in fact i had never heard of the term «parental alienation syndrome» until a couple days ago, i was actually starting to think based on everyones reaction when i brought up my feelings that it was all in my head and even my son told me i was dillusional right before he stopped talking to me and cut all contact.His mother moved him away to another state when he was 4 basically without more than a few days noticed after i had relocated closer to him to spend more time together, there was no history of abuse and i was paying support so that was a red flag anyway but hes 29 now and i feel like ive pretty much lost him forever.im in another location i moved to be able to see him more after my parents died in 2008 (about a month apart) but that has turned into a disaster since he no longer wants contact.He has a half brother here by myself and my present wife but my youngest son is mentally disabled and unable to take care of himself, myself and my 2 sons are all that is left of my family i have no other relatives anymore and i feel horrible for anyone else who has to go through this.

It has been suggested13 that some fathers who may wish to take (longer) parental leave must reconcile their desire to be both good providers and involved fathers with workplace cultures that do not support paternal leave - taking.

As parental leave and benefit policies continue to evolve, there is increased interest in examining their short - and long - term impacts on women, children and families.