Sentences with phrase «of leave entitlements»

We are disappointed at the government's proposals for changing the system of leave entitlements for parents (Report, 12 November).

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.

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.

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.

The details of this new system are not yet fixed; the Government will consult on them during 2014, but it has already confirmed that parents will be required to provide a self - certified notice of their leave entitlement to their employers, giving a minimum of eight weeks» notice of intention to take flexible parental leave.

From its compensation, signing bonuses, general benefits, health insurance, flex - time, allowance, travel reimbursement, the various form of leave entitlement, profit sharing, to retirement.

Not exact matches

To win that night, Romney was forced to veer sharply to his left, to fight on the centrist Republican turf — mildly Keynesian, protective of entitlements, defensive of the middle class — that Obama had made his own.

Scratch that itch conclusively, and you'd just be left with complacency and entitlement, neither of which is a path to prosperity.

In order to show a balanced budget in 2015 - 16, the Government needed to book the sale of the GM shares (net $ 0.9 billion) and changes to federal employees» sick leave entitlements ($ 0.9 billion) in 2015 - 16.

Left unchecked, entitlement spending will consume nearly all federal revenue by the middle of the century.

Donna Kennedy - Glans (Calgary - Varsity) The first - term MLA left the PC caucus earlier this week, blasting what she described as a culture of entitlement.

Blasting the culture of entitlement that has engulfed the 43 - year governing Progressive Conservative Party, Calgary - Varsity MLA Donna Kennedy - Glans announced on Monday that she was leaving the government caucus to sit as an Independent MLA.

This is only a fraction of what any kind of health care and entitlement reform of either left or right will be up against.

Christianity in that sense is more than the nemesis of slavery; it is the nemesis, on the right, of hereditary privilege and natural entitlement, and, on the left, of ideologies of power and state absolutization.

They have enacted legislation that would keep most of what is wrong with our existing system but add more regulation, mandates, taxes, and government entitlements on top of it; and the next decade would cost a trillion dollars while still leaving 23 million Americans uninsured.

Once the 20 weeks point is reached, you can begin taking up the unused section of your partner's entitlement to leave / pay.

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.

Once the 20 weeks point is reached, the father can begin taking up the unused section of his partner's entitlement to leave / pay.

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.

In case you think «dinosaur dad» is an overdrawn caricature, remember that the Institute of Directors has vigorously opposed new leave entitlements for fathers.

Leave entitlements should not restrict any kind of arrangement that might work best for parents.

If we want both mothers and fathers to have the option of flourishing as employees and parents then we must make sure that proposals to extend fathers» entitlement to parental leave and flexible working come into force, and that the costs of childcare do not continue to be borne disproportionately by mothers.

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.

No doubt many of you in the audience who work do have access to paid leave, but certainly the lower socio - economic groups never will as long as access to such an entitlement is decided on by the employer rather than mandated by the government.

revising the policy on maternity leave to protect the contractual entitlements of mothers when they return to work;

It was because she challenged so many entrenched ways of thinking from the perspective of the right, rather than thinking that change was the prerogative and entitlement of the left.

The justice secretary states: «It seems to me that if you've got basic common sense plus enthusiasm amongst Leave campaigners, versus a sense of establishment entitlement plus a lack of enthusiasm on the Remain side, then there's no reason to believe that Remain are on course to win.

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...

Their roles in the chamber include taking divisions, and maintaining a «pairs book» which controls the ability of members and senators to leave the parliament building during sittings, as well as the entitlement to be absent during divisions.

You have some sense of entitlement based on being the son of Mario Cuomo, a governor who left our state economy in a wreck.»

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.

The government must fear that making the system simpler would encourage people to claim # 16bn of entitlements currently left unclaimed.

It is important to examine your contract and know your entitlements — particularly given the introduction of the Federal Government's paid maternity leave scheme.

In two short weeks I will be returning to work following my maternity leave (technically my maternity leave finished in July and I am now using up some of my annual leave entitlement).

The Intolerant Left — Adrienne LaFrance recaps a conversation with the writers Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ta - Nehisi Coates, and Jeffrey Goldberg about self - righteousness among progressives, the appeal of Donald Trump, and the entitlement that comes with being white in America.

In maternity leave situations, the mother must take a minimum of two weeks (four if she works in a factory) compulsory leave, but in order to create entitlement to SPL and / or ShPP, the mother has to curtail her maternity leave period and pay.

«[The company] also now has a formal volunteer leave program where two days annually are allowed (in addition to other leave entitlements) to support community and volunteer programs — of which Standing Tall qualifies.»

Today, debates about the purpose and provision of education — on the left and the right alike — are reduced to platitude - laden charges that it is up to schools to do what the social reformers of the 1960s could not accomplish through entitlements, social - welfare programs, or other Great Society initiatives.

(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.

Sometimes, a little creativity can make a massive difference in terms of your lifetime tax payable, government benefits entitlement, retirement income options and the estate that you leave to your beneficiaries.

Casuals get a higher hourly rate because they don't get some of the entitlements that full - time or part - time employees get (such as sick leave and annual leave).

This will leave a VA Loan Entitlement of $ 27,500.

This leaves their working interest reserves at 920 mio 2P as of year - end, which equates to 401 mio 2P on an entitlement basis.

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.»

Hyper - consumption is being driven by anxiety — fear of being left behind, of being «unfashionable» in the broad meaning of the term — and an increasing sense of self - entitlement.

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.

Workers are entitled to accrue annual leave based on the hours they work pro rata based on the statutory entitlement of 5.6 weeks.