Sentences with phrase «of parental leave policies»

In a study of 18 OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) advanced industrialized countries, Sakiko Tanaka assessed the outcomes of parental leave policies on child health outcomes.7 Covering more than three decades (1969 - 2000), her study confirms and updates Ruhm's earlier work described above.

One recommended strategy is the development and implementation of parental leave policies, rather than maternity leave policies.

The 2008 edition of the International Review of Parental Leave Policies and Research, produced by the International Network on Leave Policies and published for the Network by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR), is now available online.

The design of parental leave policy should facilitate caretaking by fathers alongside mothers from the first moments after their babies» births.

A doctor claiming to be unaware of the parental leave policy, which specifically did not allow the undertaking of separate employment whilst on parental leave was found to be dishonest.

Not exact matches

The company did not disclose the terms of its previous parental leave policy, nor did it immediately respond to a request for comment.

Parenting will always be a challenge in the life of any ambitious entrepreneur and / or business leader, and there are many ways to raise a child: with hired help, with the support of extended family or working for a company with generous family policies that allow for flexible work hours and parental leave.

What was lost amidst this story is the new parental leave policy that Facebook announced just days before the arrival of little Max Zuckerberg.

Though the number of companies expanding their paid parental leave benefits is rising, Sandberg acknowledged that it's less common for employees to get paid time off to care for sick loved ones, saying that the US needs public policies «that make it easier for people to care for their children and aging parents and for families to mourn and heal after loss.»

You can develop progressive parental leave policies that allow employees to ease back in the workforce after having kids, like Heather Payne, the founder of HackerYou and Ladies Learning Code.

Pinterest provides a unique take on the parental - leave policy by offering three paid months off, plus a month of part - time hours, as well as two counseling sessions to create a plan to reenter the workplace.

Canada may have a pretty generous policy towards maternity and parental leave — especially compared to the U.S. — but many women still encounter significant career setbacks or experience the so - called «motherhood penalty» when they take time off to have kids, and many employers still wrestle with how to accommodate the disruption of employees going on leave.

And while the company obviously doesn't recruit specifically on their parental leave policies given the personal nature of applicants» family situations, Siegel believes that ZipRecruiter's overall commitment to work - life balance, of which this policy is a part, is a huge help when it comes to winning talent for the company — particularly senior talent.

The move comes a week after Netflix announced its own groundbreaking parental leave policy, which gives new moms and dads unlimited time off in the year following the birth or adoption of a child.

It was an important goal of Etsy to align its parental leave policies across the entire organization.»

The enhanced parental leave policy is the newest addition to our existing leave policies which include 16 weeks of paid maternity, adoption and surrogacy leave for primary caregivers.

Numerous banks have been changing their parental - leave policies as of late.

Though not headquartered in the city of San Francisco, tech companies including Facebook, Netflix, and eBay are known for offering generous parental leave policies.

Come to think of it, the crass self - interest behind Netflix's parental leave policy makes it pretty American after all.

It's not just about having one issue fixed, like establishing better parental leave policies or solving for the wage gap, it's addressing all of these small things that add up to a bigger problem.

A group of investors is asking the board of Starbucks Corp. to weigh the risk that the company's new policy for paid parental leave is discriminatory.

The introduction of five additional weeks of parental leave further aligns with the GVBOT's recommendation of adopting policies to encourage workforce participation.

«John Horgan and the B.C. New Democrats demanded that the government do the right thing for families by putting an end to their cruel policy of taking away parental leave and other Employment Insurance benefits from disabled British Columbians,» said Mungall.

Christian organizations span a range of policies on parental leave, paid or not.

This is a very useful work of reference, especially at a time when parental leave is high on the policy agenda, and provides fascinating insights into how a wide range of countries are tackling these, and related, issues.

The US has one of the poorest and most paltry parental leave policies in the developed world, and Assadourian wonders why formula feeding is a thing.

The U.S. has some of the worst parental leave policies around.

The OECD has recently said that «parental leave design is one of the few policy tools that are available to governments to directly influence behaviours among parents» (read more in their Doing Better For Families report).

Take up of Shared Parental Leave has been incredibly low ever since the policy came into play.

Margaret — why don't you take the all of that energy and enthusiasm you have and use it to advocate for real paid parental leave policies in the US?

International experts from UN Women and NGOs like Promundo are doing important work to change harmful norms of gender and masculinity through parental leave and fathers» quotas policies and education programs for adolescent boys, respectively.

Sweden's policy is probably one of the most generous, with 480 days of paid parental leave.

Because of the overwhelming research, and our advocacy for infants and toddlers, Attachment Parenting International is in full support of strong parental leave policies, similar to those in many countries around the world.

Furthermore, a lack of adequate parental leave policies, low wages and demanding workplaces make it all the more difficult for them to have the time needed to fully engage, bond, and connect with their children.

It would provide up to 12 weeks of parental leave for all Service members, including foster and adoptive parents who often have been treated as less deserving under previous policies.

The study explores different perspectives on paternity leave, including a survey of more than 1,000 fathers from nearly 300 different organizations (primarily well - educated professionals); a benchmarking study of paternity leave policies at leading organizations; and a review of global paternity leave policies and practices, as well as U.S. states that have enacted laws to provide paid parental leave.

Not only do they offer twelve weeks of paid parental leave, they have generous flexible work policies, pumping rooms for nursing moms, and a maternity return program that allows for slower on - ramping after the birth of a new baby.

Save the Children announced, «Norwegian mothers enjoy one of the most generous parental leave policies in the developed world.

In a week when politicians try to bury news amid the Christmas rush, Mr. de Blasio said that he would grant six weeks of paid parental leave to 20,000 city employees, one of the most generous policies of its kind in the country and red meat for his liberal base.

Thoughts about family segue into analytical policy on flexible parental leave, the gender pay gap, the merits of a universal basic income and the shocking amount of unpaid work done by women (# 1,019 trillion 2014).

Measures like the year's shared parental leave that starts in April 2015, and is one of the Lib Dems» proudest contributions to coalition policy, do matter.

There was a policy on parental leave for the self - employed which could either win over a new layer of supporters or provide the Tories with another very effective economic competence attack.

The major policy announcement on free school meals was the obvious move in this direction — as well as being a sop to middle class voters who lost out after cuts to child benefit — but Nick Clegg's speech is full of references to policies which help in day - to - day life: the pupil premium, flexible parental leave, free childcare, a cap on social care costs.

But women avail themselves of those policies more often than men do because men fear they may not be regarded as serious, competitive scientists if they take parental leave, Mason writes in an e-mail.

Parental - leave policies are now offered at most institutions, says Mary Ann Mason, law professor and co-director of the University of California, Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security.

The university implemented a parental leave policy for non-regular-rank faculty and employees, increased the number of spaces available in its on - campus child care facility, created the Duke Child Care Partnership to help subsidize child care costs at neighboring off - campus facilities, and renovated the five lactation rooms at the medical center.

Implementation of a fair institution - wide policy for paid parental leave, with accommodations for adoption and elder care;

The answer: The relative lack of workplace «packages» of policies such as paid sick time, paid vacation, flexible work hours and paid maternal or parental leave, said co-researcher Matthew Andersson, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology at Baylor University and formerly a researcher at Yale University's Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course.

The primary theory for this disparity is that the U.S. has a relative lack of workplace policies like paid sick leave, paid vacation, flexible work hours, and paid parental leave.

Why Netflix's Parental Leave Policy is Good For Babies TIME, 8/5/15» «We have decades of research that tells us how important it is that a bond is established between parents and young children beginning at birth,» says Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.