Sentences with phrase «of paid leave»

In spite of the data they decided to offer 12 weeks of paid leave for all parents — dads and partners included — and actively encourage employees to take that time.

My contract gives me 5 days of paid leave.

Women with lower incomes or hourly jobs and those that work in the service industry may find breastfeeding particularly challenging because of a lack of paid leave and flexibility.

The company offers its employees ten hours of paid leave when they get a new pet, and they can bring them into the office after that.

60 % agree or agree strongly that kinship carers should be entitled to a period of paid leave from work.

Moreover, there is a clear link between the amount of paid leave teachers get and their odds of being chronically absent.

Write, revamp and tighten county policies regarding paid leave, with guidelines indicating the specific purpose and use of paid leave time.

In terms of the paid leave component, that's self - financing through reforms in existing unemployment insurance.

12 weeks of paid leave starting at two - thirds of a worker's average weekly pay, or 35 % of the state's average weekly wage by 2017.

How do the amount and types of paid leave offered at your organization measure up?

The company is now offering four weeks of paid leave with an eight additional weeks unpaid time.

He agreed, however, that the county should do a better job of documenting past practices and guidelines so all departments are aware of the proper application of paid leave time.

$ 2500 worth of paid leave gone, just like that.

By contrast, in - store employees who become new moms get six weeks of paid leave, while dads get nothing beyond the federally - mandated 12 weeks of unpaid leave.

An executive order in the works could mandate at least seven days of paid leave for employees each year.

Patagonia: Each year, Patagonia gives 20 selected employees a month of paid leave so they can complete an internship at an environmental nonprofit.

Netflix is giving new parents on its payroll up to a year of paid leave in a move that could pressure other technology employers to improve their baby benefits as they vie for talent.

VZ: You've spoken up about the issue of paid leave and the need for a federal policy.

Some argue a federal law would be a fairer road to travel down - at a time when women's issues are high on the politcal radar, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says lack of paid leave in the United States hits low - income workers and women the hardest.

Some polls reveal that a majority in both parties support some sort of paid leave for parents (Democrats 82 % and Republicans 55 %).

Beginning Monday, June 1, non-primary caregivers will be offered four weeks of paid leave following the birth or legal adoption of a child, either by their spouses or domestic partners.

A tech company based in Manchester called BitSol Solutions offers its employees a full week of paid leave if they get a new pet.

The International Leave Network has studied 34 developed countries and only two fail to offer some form of paid leave to fathers — the United States and Switzerland.

Full - time employees of Oneida County receive eight hours of paid leave per year to obtain cancer screenings, and in some cases, those without health insurance can have a screening paid for by the Oneida County Health Department's Cancer Services Program.

Unlike his proposal, the measure the Assembly passed last year would provide 12 weeks of paid leave through the state's temporary disability insurance system, and the employee contribution would be set at 45 cents a week.

The measure endorsed Tuesday would provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave of up to $ 545 a week.

Although a few institutions offer a semester of paid leave for faculty fathers — Cornell University is an example — such policies aren't common.

Working dads have been eligible for up to two weeks of paid leave since 2003, but the new measures extend these benefits.

The length of paid leave programs ranges widely.

Jon Levs, author of All in: How Our Work - First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses — And How We Can Fix It Together, studied the effect of paid leave in California and New Jersey, which have paid family leave programs, and found that the majority of businesses reported that their state's paid leave programs had either no effect or a positive effect on their business.

Weigh the costs of paid leave policies, then, with the potential costs of losing an employee.

«But what are the chances of paid leave becoming a defining issue and eventually passing?

Yet a study of paid leave in California found that 90 percent of California employers believe the law has had either a positive or a neutral affect on their businesses.

She bases this on continuing momentum in the states, and the fact that, «We've never before had an election where each presidential candidate talked about the need for some kind of paid leave.»

The Assembly passed its own version of paid leave bill; the Senate proposal was dropped from the final budget.

HARTFORD — State lawmakers arriving for the start of the 2016 legislative session Wednesday have just 13 weeks to deal with a slew of complex proposals, from regulating and taxing home - sharing services such as Airbnb to establishing a system of paid leave for new parents to dealing with opiate...

Granted a full semester of paid leave from teaching, Junge continued to work normal hours in the lab during the first few months of his son's life.

Lack of paid leave hits many people of color particularly acutely, since they are far more likely to hold hourly shift jobs that are less flexible.

Other voluntary deductions are post-tax deductions, which means your employer subtracts the cost of the benefit from your net wages — the amount of pay left after taxes and pre-tax deductions are subtracted.

Apparently the situation was dealt with in an honest and up - front manner, with Activision willing to give Bizarre staffers plenty of paid leave in order to pursue job interviews or further training.

The Court found that the Board's request for an IME was reasonable given that mere months before his proposed return the Board received medical information stating Mr. Bottiglia was unfit for work, and his return coincided with the end of his paid leave.

Once Ms. Plaisier had accumulated twenty years of service, she claimed an additional week of paid leave under the collective agreement.

The High Court ruling dated 13 February 2018, resolved the dispute between employers and trade unions regarding the date on which the calculation of this paid leave should commence.

It is interesting that the Court was untroubled by the fact that that the individual was actually offered the chance to have a contract of employment and take advantage of paid leave.

The Assembly plan would expand TDI and provide workers with 12 weeks of paid leave at two thirds of their average weekly wage.

fairness with regard to the employment conditions of other personnel members, including the number of days of paid leave and work schedules.

In April Etsy announced new parents, regardless of gender, could take 6 months of paid leave.

The legal system also has a role to play by supporting the WHO Code and through labour laws that promote working conditions consistent with six months of exclusive breastfeeding (such as longer periods of paid leave, as well as child care and breast milk facilities at work).

Fortune: You've spoken up about the issue of paid leave and the need for a federal policy.