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• High take up of parental leave by Swedish fathers is linked to lower rates of separation / divorce, as is more equitable sharing by a couple of earning and caring roles.

• High take up of parental leave by Swedish fathers is linked to working shorter hours when returning to work (Duvander & Jans, 2009).

• High take up of parental leave by Swedish fathers is linked to more contact with children after separation (Duvander and Jans, 2009).

Use of unpaid parental leave by fathers is low: 8 % of fathers (who described themselves as entitled) had taken some unpaid parental leave within 17 months of their child's birth (La Valle et al. 2008).

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But I do worry about the message her pledge to take almost no time off sends about the value of maternity leave, and how it undermines recent efforts by US companies to offer and normalize the idea of longer parental leaves, for both moms and dads.

The widely enjoyed social benefits residents get in exchange for their taxes, such as universal health care, access to education and subsidized parental leave, could have something to do with the «strong social foundations» touted by Sachs.

When reevaluating your company's parental leave policies and deciding what is best for your organization and employees, start by knowing the minimum requirements.

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.

$ 7 billion in spending over 10 years for Canadian families, including 40,000 new subsidized daycare spaces across Canada by 2019, extended parental leave and allowing expectant mothers to claim maternity benefits 12 weeks before their due date.

In their 2015 election platform, the Trudeau Liberals identified a number of items related to Employment Insurance (EI) that they would change: reversing the Harper EI reforms defining «suitable work»; reducing the waiting period for EI benefits; reducing EI premiums; introducing more flexible parental leave; providing better access to compassionate care; and increasing funding for employment and training programs managed by provinces, territories and Aboriginal labour market organizations.

Among the research into the potential drawbacks of only women taking a lengthy parental leave is a 2013 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) that offer extended leave.

Now the Liberals should give others the same respect by ending the maternity and parental leave clawbacks too.»

Unlike other workers, Tim saw the parental leave benefits he paid for taken away, dollar for dollar by the Christy Clark government.

«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.

Officious social engineers of both the right and the left abuse the public schools to promote parochial agendas, whether by sanctioning the recitation of prayers over the school loudspeaker or by the distribution of contraceptives despite parental objections, thereby undermining parental authority and impairing the ability of parents to form their own family values.

This is the reality faced by millions of women who consider abortions each year, and the sad irony is the same pro-life politicians who want to force them to have their babies typically oppose raising the minimum wage, ensuring paid sick leave and parental leave for all American workers, and protecting the 20 million people who can finally afford health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act.

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.

Everywhere they will be a little flock, because mankind grows quicker than Christendom and because men will not be Christians by custom and tradition, through institutions and history, or because of the homogeneity of a social milieu and public opinion, but — leaving out of account the sacred flame of parental example and the intimate sphere of home, family and small groups — they will be Christians only because of their own act of faith attained in a difficult struggle and perpetually achieved anew.

In a desperate attempt to undo what they have wrought, government leaders now promise a full eighteen months of parental leave, thus attempting to save their society by smuggling through the hack door what they so ruthlessly shoved out the front: mothers at home.

This proposed cutting maternity leave to 18 weeks and creating a new system of flexible parental leave — 4 weeks reserved for mothers, 4 weeks reserved for fathers (available directly to eligible fathers, not «given» by the mother) and 30 weeks available to the mother or father (or both, if both were eligible).

We are delighted to have contributed to a new shared parental leave resource developed by Alliance Manchester Business School, Lancaster University School of Management and work - life balance charity, Working Families, which was launched to coincide with the second anniversary of the scheme.

If substantial paternity / parental leave were made available to UK fathers and were paid at reasonable rates and if this were taken up by substantial numbers of fathers this would require a revolution in thinking by government, employers, trades unions and others about the work / care nexus which could benefit not only fathers but mothers and children too (Green & Parker, 2006; Lewis & Cooper, 2005)-- and, ultimately, employers too.

Chancellor George Osborne's announcement that the Government will extend shared parental leave and pay to grandparents will undermine gender equality by reducing the likelihood of fathers taking the leave, the Fatherhood Institute has said.

Paternity / parental leave, often with a specific «father quota» (i.e. leave which, if not taken by the father is lost to the family) and the ability to work shorter hours and / or more flexibly when children are young have been available to fathers in Scandinavia for several decades.

In Sweden, an increase in fathers» share of parental leave countrywide over time was paralleled by a downward trend in children's injury rates (age 0 - 4 years).

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 Fatherhood Institute's research clearly shows that UK dads and mums are held back from equal parenting by the gender pay gap and a deeply uneven parental leave system.

• In Sweden it has been estimated that ach additional month of parental leave taken by the father increases the mother's earnings by 6.7 % (Johannson, 2010).

Under the new system, employed mothers will still be entitled to 52 weeks of maternity leave, but will now be able to opt to end the maternity leave after two weeks, and transfer onto flexible parental leave — which can be taken by either parent.

• Among employed men, fathers» use of parental leave is also strongly influenced by organizational culture, including their company's commitment to caring values, level of «father friendliness» and support for equal opportunities for women; and also the fathers» perceptions of support from top managers, and of work group norms that reward task performance vs. long hours at work (Haas et al, 2002).

• Men's use of parental leave is significantly affected by their partner's level of earnings (Lappegard, 2008) and by their own and their partner's attitudes to gender - equality (Lammi - Taskula, 2007; Haas et al, 2002).

A straw poll commissioned by the Fatherhood Institute has revealed overwhelming support for a more flexible version of parental leave.

Four - fifths (79 %) of the 155 respondents supported the idea of turning part of paid maternity leave into parental leave that can be shared by 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.

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

Next, take - up by dads was actively encouraged: a key strategy was the «daddy month» — a reserved month of well - paid parental leave that was lost to the family if the father did not take it.

New fathers, by contrast, get one month (unpaid) parental leave; and just two weeks» (very low paid) paternity leave, which most, as their family's breadwinners at this time, can not afford to take.

On the other hand, maternity leave, which is very important for breastfeeding support, is well - established in Germany: 14 weeks fully paid maternity leave (6 weeks before the birth, 8 weeks after the birth or 12 weeks for preterm or multiple birth), 12 months parental leave with 65 % of the mother's salary (partly paid for by health insurance companies and partly by employers) and unpaid parental leave until the child is 3 years old.

Additional Parental Leave was introduced by the coalition government in 2011, in which extra leave was given to employed fathers if the mother returned to work and was not claiming statutory maternityLeave was introduced by the coalition government in 2011, in which extra leave was given to employed fathers if the mother returned to work and was not claiming statutory maternityleave was given to employed fathers if the mother returned to work and was not claiming statutory maternity pay.

Primal woundedness is encouraged by the fact that the USA is # 1 in NOT providing parental support for a new baby — through LACK of paid parental leave, LACK of role models of empathic baby care (see post 3) and LACK of extensive social support.

Shared parental leave can be taken by both parents at the same time so you and your partner can spend time at home together with your baby.

Their parental leave is not unprotected as is the case with many low - income parents whose jobs aren't even covered by the FMLA, but it is still under - protected in that they can not enjoy their full rights and their bonds with their infants may still suffer.

By creating a customized policy and putting basic elements in place, mother - friendly businesses support employees to ease the transition back to work after parental leave while continuing to provide their babies with the very best nutrition.

The research was publicised yesterday by the Daycare Trust charity, which campaigns for affordable childcare and has called for mothers to be given a year's paid parental leave.

There is also no paid parental leave required by U.S. law.

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).

A proposal for paid parental leave championed by Ivanka Trump could go back to the drawing board.

By 2010 the government plans to extend parental leave to 52 weeks, with the mother required to take the first 26 weeks.

The government is not alone in looking for ways to help reconcile the challenges facing working families with young children, with the Liberal Democrats proposing 19 months of more generous parental leave (able to be taken by any parent) and the Conservative Party proposing flexible parental leave to help make Britain more family friendly.

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