Sentences with phrase «parental leaves to child»

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(Full disclosure: I have two small children, and after the birth of each I opted to take the full year of combined maternity and parental leave to which I, as a Canadian who made sufficient contributions to employment insurance, am entitled.

On Tuesday, Netflix announced a new parental leave policy that allows parents to «take off as much time as they want» in the year after their child's birth or adoption.

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.

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.»

Economists treat parental leave, both for women and men, as a simple cost - benefit problem: in theory, at least, if a woman's wage is greater than the cost of replacing her in the home, then she should spend her time working and hire someone else to care for her children.

In Canada, the expansion of parental leave to 50 weeks in 2001 gave mothers, and fathers, greater freedom to care for their very young children.

Benefits offered: Bank of America offers 16 weeks fully paid parental leave, adoption reimbursement of $ 8,000 per child and up to $ 240 in monthly child care subsidies.

However, Morneau, who also announced the introduction of up to five weeks of parental leave for fathers or non-birth parents to encourage greater sharing of child - rearing responsibilities, did not address a question on the limits of legislation and what the government can do to address societal barriers that could contribute the gender pay gap.

Bank governor Stephen Poloz dedicated part of a speech Tuesday in Kingston, Ont., to spotlight Quebec's affordable child - care model as well as its extended parental - leave provisions.

As of this year, mothers receive 14 to 16 weeks of parental leave following the birth of a child — bringing State Street in line with the national average.

Employees at Netflix are now permitted to take up to one year of paid parental leave when they have children or adopt, the company announced

For example, under her leadership the company significantly increased parental leave benefits in the United States and began providing employees the opportunity to work locally for one year following the birth or adoption of a child.

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Canadian parents will soon be able to choose between the usual one - year parental leave or an extended 18 - month leave — at a lower rate of salary top - up — when they welcome a new child.

Walmart also said Thursday it would expand its parental - leave policies for hourly workers and begin providing $ 5,000 in aid to workers adopting a child.

«This was a hard fought battle, but there are still other clawbacks that contribute to child poverty,» said Mungall, «We hope that Christy Clark will realize that she also needs to stop clawing back maternity and parental leave benefits from new parents.»

The regulations are due to come into force on 1 December 2014, and the options to use the new Shared Parental Leave rights will apply for parents who meet the eligibility criteria, where a baby is due to be born on or after 5 April 2015, or for children who are placed for adoption on or after that date.

If you have a child aged under five, (or under 18 if your child is disabled), and if you have worked for your employer for at least a year, you have the right to take unpaid parental leave.

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.

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.

The purpose of parental leave is to allow parents to take time off, if needed, to look after their child.

Each parent can take a total of up to 13 weeks» parental leave for each child, up to their fifth birthday (or if you have a disabled child, 18 weeks each until their 18th birthday).

Your employer may ask for evidence that you're entitled to parental leave, including the child's birth certificate, or papers confirming the award of their disability living allowance.

In 2015, we will increase the age limit on parental leave from the current 5 years to 18 years, providing each parent the right to up to 18 week's unpaid parental leave for each child under 18.

More recently, the Coalition has made clear that it plans to encourage maximum sharing of parental leave in a baby's first year and will amend the Children Act to make clear that both parents should provide substantial care for children provided this is in the child's best inChildren Act to make clear that both parents should provide substantial care for children provided this is in the child's best inchildren provided this is in the child's best interests.

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

Recommendations from the study included increasing the quality of child care, especially for infants and toddlers, but also, importantly, educing the amount of time that children need to spend in child care through promoting paid parental leave and flexible working hours, and funding programs that support sensitive and responsive parenting.

• Shake up the parental leave system so fathers can spend more time with kids under two years - old • 25,000 more dads per year to sign their child's birth certificate, to reach international standards and halve the number of those who don't • Dads able to stay overnight in hospital with their partner when their baby is born • Modern and relevant antenatal education for both parents • Dads reading with their children in all primary schools • Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family types.

This month, the 22nd anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act, I wrote an op - ed piece with my colleague Robin Stern, about why it is so important to children's development that the government protect and support families with adequate paid parental lLeave Act, I wrote an op - ed piece with my colleague Robin Stern, about why it is so important to children's development that the government protect and support families with adequate paid parental leaveleave.

Many child behavior psychologists believe that needed life lessons are not being taught when discipline is angry and painful, and corporal punishment will often leave a child with increased anxiety and the inability to trust parental figures.

But the risk is that without attention to the social and cultural realities of raising children in a country that does not offer paid parental leave, does not invest in quality child care, and in general does not significantly support parents or children, these recommendations may leave parents in a difficult or even untenable bind.

«I wanted to look at whether, in the unfortunate event of maternal death, a father could take over the maternity leave and benefits so that as sole surviving parent he had the same parental rights as new mothers and more importantly could provide the same level of child care.»

Shared parental leave is designed to give parents the flexibility to decide when to return to work and allow families to spend time together in the early stages of a child's life.

You may be able to get Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're having a baby or adopting a child.

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.

Researchers in countries where paid paternity and parental leave are readily available have found that there is a great benefit to having men take more time off when their children are born in order to develop their parenting skills and be better prepared to accept the responsibility that facilitates shared parenting.

Employees whose baby is due or who adopt a child on or after 5 April 2015 may be entitled to take Shared Parental Leave.

But as a country, we are still ignoring the issue: we don't require companies to provide paid parental leave, for instance, and we do little else to support quality early child care.

You can also leave your kid with some toys to play with but for smaller children, parental supervision is strongly encouraged.

My sister returned to work after 4 months for each of her children, and her husband took the next several months off as a parental leave.

Instead, the centerpiece of the teachers union's interaction with Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is paid parental leave, in which teachers would be guaranteed pay for a certain number of days each year if they have to take time off to care for children.

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.

If campaigners really care about equal representation they should put all their efforts into allowing men and women to share parental leave when their children are born.

«When working parents have no choice but to put their weeks - old infant into childcare because our system doesn't provide parental leave, it is of the utmost importance that we as a society, at the very least, guarantee the safety of children in these childcare settings.

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.

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.

So that she could continue to spend the time she wanted with her children after her parental leaves, McKendrick learned to focus on «getting the job done» — finishing experiments and writing papers — and became great at «zero time wasting,» she says.

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 cechild 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 ceChild Care Partnership to help subsidize child care costs at neighboring off - campus facilities, and renovated the five lactation rooms at the medical cechild care costs at neighboring off - campus facilities, and renovated the five lactation rooms at the medical center.

My wish for the holiday season is that my university's administration will stop opposing postdocs» efforts to unionize so that we can work together to make meaningful progress on policies related to workplace discrimination, parental leave, child care subsidies, livable salaries, affordable health care, and more.

The initiative allows grant recipients to defer awards for up to a year while they care for newborn or newly adopted children, or to suspend active grants during their parental leave.