Sentences with phrase «on flexible parental leave»

Through proposals on flexible parental leave the Bill seeks to give parents more choice and flexibility about how they share the care of their child in the first year, enabling both parents to retain a strong link with the labour market.

Deputy PM Nick Clegg has announced new proposals on flexible parental leave which could see fathers taking over childcare after six weeks.

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).

There will be a new statutory payment for parents on flexible parental leave, with the same qualifying requirements that currently apply to statutory maternity and paternity pay.

Mums and dads on flexible parental leave will be able to take the leave in turns or together, provided they take no more than 52 weeks combined in total.

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• Holds «boot camps» that educate employees on the company's flexible work hours and parental leave policies to ensure employees use them.

This advocacy must mandate that every place of employment become family - sensitive by offering flexible work hours, parental leave, job sharing and on - site or nearby childcare; We can not continue to value the family and work independently.

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.

The coalition's «women - friendly» policies on flexible working, parental leave, nursery places and health visitors have meanwhile failed to register, it notes.

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.

More flexible working arrangements will be introduced, with unpaid parental leave extended until the child is 16 and different ways to urge employers to act more reasonably on non-medical emergency leave being considered.

Just days after the deputy prime minister's speech cabinet ministers can expect to receive detailed plans from government departments on reducing flexible and parental leave and other family - friendly policies.

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.

Negotiations came to a grinding halt in February this year, when the DFA and the university failed to reach an agreement on the key issues of salaries and the number of teaching positions in each faculty, as well as a host of other topics such as parental leave, nondiscrimination, flexible retirement, technology - assisted classes, and peer review in tenure cases.

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.

On April 12, 2018, the British Columbia government granted third reading to Bill 6, Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2018 to better support working families by providing new, extended and more flexible maternity, parental and compassionate care leaves.

In determining the Top 50 firms, Working Mother scores firms on factors such as female representation and advancement at the firm, professional development opportunities, paid parental leave, and flexible schedules.

On March 22, 2017, the Canadian Federal Government released Budget 2017: Building a Strong Middle Class («Budget 2017») which proposes more flexible parental, maternity and caregiving leaves and Employment Insurance («EI») benefits to support employees in balancing work and their family responsibilities.

We were one of only fifty law firms in the country on this exclusive list - which features firms that have flexible work arrangements, generous paid parental leave, a focus on women's business development, and parity in compensation.

Chambers has in force a written statement on Equality & Diversity, together with written policies on reasonable adjustments; fair access to work and allocation of unassigned work; the prevention of harassment; parental leave, flexible working and career breaks; and a grievance procedure.