Sentences with phrase «on paternity leave»

My summer bliss for this year is to deliver healthy baby # 2 and enjoy up to 8 weeks of «vacation» with my little family while my husband is on paternity leave with us.

When the U.S, government passed laws in 2006 enacting the new parent - rights portions of the Work and Families Act, they extended pay and leave for new parents, including men on paternity leave.

Men on paternity leave is becoming a more common phenomenon than ever before, with the paternity leave being extended to include unpaid time off, after the eligible time period for benefits expires.

Most firms are particularly behind the times on the paternity leave they offer — two to four weeks is the general norm for fathers, but Waller and Kasowitz offer none at all, and Quinn Emanuel gives new fathers only three days to get to know their child.

Brent's still out on paternity leave (the Short Pause insurance plan covers that, right?)

It's a great story, beginning in 2006 when Christian was on paternity leave with the couple's first child, taking a break from his job in customer service tech support for an insurance company.

Luckily Matthew is still on paternity leave so he's been great to help out.

This week, the Facebook frontman headed back to work after two months on paternity leave with his wife and new daughter, Max.

When a debate on Burma took place in 2007 in the aftermath of the regime's brutal suppression of peaceful protests in Burma, William Hague insisted on opening for the Opposition, even though David Miliband was on paternity leave and his then junior minister Meg Munn was deputed to speak for the government.

It also happened while Ed Miliband was on paternity leave.

«If a week is a long time in politics», as Harold Wilson once said, two weeks away from politics on paternity leave is clearly an age.

In the absence on paternity leave of Ed Miliband, Hariet Harman has been the object of much of the criticism.

Education Secretary Michael Gove «hung around the house, eating biscuits and getting cups of tea made for him» when he was on paternity leave, his wife Sarah Vine told ITV's The Agenda.

«You look at the largest investment in public services since the second world war, the creation of whole new services like Sure Start, the minimum wage, progress on gay rights, changes on paternity leave, the right to join a union, even things that have been difficult that used to cause me problems in government like the Human Rights Act — that is a massive progressive agenda we have delivered.»

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Ed Miliband, away on paternity leave, needs to think long and hard about how to woo back disaffected liberals who left the party and refused to vote for it in 2005 and 2010.

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.

During Tuesday it went okay, Jacques was still on paternity leave and he was such a tremendous help — even trying to help the boys latch onto me properly.

In the first couple of weeks when dad may be on paternity leave, he could be in charge of winding the baby after a feed and changing nappies so mum can rest.

• all aspects of pregnancy, birth and new parenthood from a dad's perspective, including the most important health issues for his partner and baby • information on paternity leave and fathers» legal rights, including Parental Responsibility • sex during and after pregnancy • the financial help available to families • entertainment such as «the best toys for dads».

David Lammy's report for the Labour Party policy review This report for the Labour's Party's policy review, written by David Lammy MP, presses the agenda forward on paternity leave, calling for adequate pay levels and independent leave rights, paid antenatal appointments and part time leave and pay.

I've been on paternity leave and just now back to the office where I normally post from when it's longer than a few words and easy on mobile.

Life was actually a bit easier last week while my husband was on paternity leave but now he is back at work, exhaustion is definitely becoming very difficult.

Not exact matches

I haven't seen studies on the unlimited maternity / paternity leave benefits; it's probably too new and too rare.

Ohanian, who recently announced that he'll be taking a six - week paternity leave to care for the couple's baby due in the fall, spoke with Vanity Fair's Buzz Bessinger for a cover story on their romance.

Dave, an analyst in Saskatoon, recalls worrying about the impact of paternity leave on his career.

In Quebec, they have five weeks of paternity leave added on.»

Budget 2018 is being advertised as a truly comprehensive gender budget, with two key pieces of that being use - it - or - lose - it paternity leave, and action on pay equity.

It means celebrating parenthood by making America the most generous country in the developed world when it comes to maternity and paternity leave, not the least generous, and it means working together on efforts to reduce the costs of food, diapers, childcare, pediatrician visits, college tuition, adoption, and resources for special needs children.

paternity leave and Luise will be on leave of absence.

taking of paternity / parental leave does not seem, in Sweden, to impact negatively on fathers» work prospects in the longer term (O'Brien, 2004).

In Sweden, where fathers» uptake of paternity and parental leave is relatively high, there has been no systematic cost - benefit analyses of the financial impact of take up on organizations.

Causal effects of paternity leave on children and parents.

The influence of fathers» socioeconomic status and paternity leave on breastfeeding duration: a population - based cohort study.

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.

At points the memo is spot on — for example, the new proposals on parental and paternity leave are good news for women, who find that the current maternity leave rules sideline them from the best opportunities whilst their male colleagues plan for an interrupted career.

This focuses on the fact that, with a huge disparity between paternity leave (2 weeks) and maternity leave (52 weeks), the current system penalises women by effectively forcing them into staying off work to look after the children, with a consequent negative impact on their earning potential; not to mention the limiting effect it has on men's ability to be active fathers at this crucial time.

At this point, I am thankful for my husband who took on the night shifts throughout his paternity leave and even on some work nights, which gave me slightly more rest time as I mainly focused on pumping sessions at nights.

Paternity leave can start on any day of the week.

The Department of Trade and Industry has launched a new consultation paper exploring options for extending and developing the existing laws on maternity and paternity leave and flexible working rights.

For more detail on all these points, read our paper, The Business Case for Paternity Leave and Additional Paternity Leave in the UK.

On a practical note, have you organised paternity leave?

It even includes a special chapter just for expectant dads as well as advice on many topics, including what to say and what not to say to their hormonal wives, how to help with the baby preparations, what to do and what not to do in the delivery room, coping with financial anxiety, understanding Couvade syndrome (aka sympathetic pregnancy), paternity leave, and how to kangaroo in order to bond with their new baby.

As a new father on the verge of paternity leave, I admit I cried when both the boys were on - screen.

Ed Miliband's return to the frontline of politics, after a period of paternity leave, continued this morning with a grilling on the BBC's Today Programme (you can listen again here).

Meanwhile Tory MEPs voted against a report on paid paternity leave, reducing the gender pay gap and combating violence against women, while UKIP MEPs opposed investigating tax evasion and avoidance, capping credit card charges and labelling processed meat with its country of origin.

Evidently aware of his clanger on live radio, the Tory MP for Burton & Uttoxeter desperately tried to make up for it by stressing that he did plan to take the full two weeks of paternity leave available to fathers.

One of his most convincing arguments was about EU - wide agreements on employment rights — including paid holidays, improved maternity and paternity leave and limits on working time.

Asked for his views on marriage during the interview, which took place on the day he returned from paternity leave last November, Mr Miliband explained his decision.

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.