Unfortunately, the U.S. remains the only industrialized country in the world without
a national paid maternity leave policy.
«Breastfeeding expert Dr. Jerry Calnen argues, «If we are serious about improving our breastfeeding rates,
a national paid maternity leave policy will be absolutely necessary.»
Not exact matches
Trump has proposed allowing parents to deduct the average cost of child care in their area from their taxes and creating a
national maternity leave program, which, his team said, would
pay birth mothers an average of $ 300 in weekly benefits for up to six weeks.
She strongly recommended the following during the third Senate hearing: provide mothers with longer
paid maternity leave; establish crèches at workplaces; revive the
national movement to promote breastfeeding with budget appropriations, conduct trainings of health workers to be able to support mothers to breastfeed beyond two years, implement strictly the
national code, support researches on breastfeeding; and establish a child - to - child program to educate them at a young age on the advantages of breastfeeding.
Adopting supportive
national policies and legislation — such as
paid maternity leave, breastfeeding breaks, and designated breastfeeding spaces — will help guarantee that breastfeeding and working are not mutually exclusive.
Many of them return to work soon after delivering babies, and they need supportive
national polices and legislation — such as
paid maternity leave and breastfeeding breaks — to enable them to continue breastfeeding.
Collaborating with groups like the
National Postdoctoral Association, which works on establishing living wages and
paid maternity and paternity leave for postdocs, among other issues, could help make child rearing both financially possible and more gender equitable.
These include for example, the right to claim unfair dismissal, to receive statutory sick
pay maternity, paternity and parental rights; to be
paid the
national living or minimum wage depending if they are aged 25 or more; to have working time rights such as not to be forced to work more than 48 hours per week, regular rest breaks and night working health and safety standards; to receive a statement of terms and conditions of employment.
Very importantly, an individual is often unable to meet the earnings threshold for
National Insurance contributions with a knock on effect of losing out on
maternity, sick
pay and contribution to state pension.
Statutory
Maternity / Paternity / Adoption
Pay — # 145.18 (weekly rate)
National Living Wage (25 +)-- # 7.83 / hour Standard adult rate (21 +)-- # 7.38 / hour Development rate (18 - 20)-- # 5.90 / hour Young workers rate (16 - 17)-- # 4.20 / hour Apprentice rate — # 3.70 / hour