Not exact matches
Her nearly nonexistent time away from
work, coupled with the rumored nursery she installed on - site, brought Yahoo's
parental leave
policy to the forefront.
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.
• Holds «boot camps» that educate employees on the company's flexible
work hours and
parental leave
policies to ensure employees use them.
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.
Considering the high costs of having of a child, coupled with the tension in balancing family -
work life matters, states and companies are starting to invest in family support
policies,
parental benefits and competitive education.
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.
In the United States we have horrible
parental leave
policies and some improved protections for pumping moms, not all moms can take time off during the
work day to pump or pump enough breast milk to feed their babies, while they are at
work.
Most developed countries support families better than America — which has no comprehensive family
policy for paid
parental leave or flexible
work, daycare, or early childhood education.
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.
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 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.
Far from shielding children from the consequences of
parental decisions, welfare
policy is forcing even
working, stable families into a situation where they can not provide adequately for their children.
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).
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 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.
She provides thought leadership and oversight to Public Impact's
work on teacher and leader
policy, organizational change,
parental choice of schools, and emerging opportunities for dramatic improvement in U.S. education.
She provides thought leadership and oversight to Public Impact's
work on teacher and leader
policy, organizational change,
parental choice of schools, and emerging opportunities for dramatic improvement in pre — K to grade 12 education.
Thankfully, research on which
policies work in other states show us that educational choice programs supported by ALEC members have a record of success across different measures, from test score increases, to
parental satisfaction, to better life outcomes for students.
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AFC has been leading the way nationally to make
parental school choice a reality in many states through
policy and political support of candidates who stand firm on this ideal, but there's still much more
work to do.
It is now up to law firms, other legal employers, and the lawyers who
work for them to implement mutually beneficial
parental leave
policies.
We have been early - adopters of all the recommendations of the Justicia Project, including initiatives and
policies respecting
parental leave, flexible
work arrangements, advancement into partnership, business development and leadership skills.
Anderson says some of the
policies and programs that helped propel Drinker Biddle onto the list include compensation transparency, a 12 - week paid
parental leave
policy, flex - time and reduced - hours
work options, and a strong women's leadership committee that includes the firm chairman.
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.
Work / life
policy drafting, training and implementation (flexible and reduced hours; telecommuting;
parental leave; re-entry back into the profession; phase back from
parental or other temporary leaves; phased retirement)
The new
policy helps
working parents transition into starting their
parental leave and returning to
work.
Aside from garnering support from a broader swath, if a law firm offers e.g. special training in marketing to all, and leave
policies (not just
parental) aimed at all, and encourages
work - life balance for all (or at least pays lip service to the concept!)
To alleviate my fears and concerns and clear up some confusion, Julie Kashen,
Policy Director of Make It
Work, was kind enough to answer some of my questions about
parental leave.
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.
Nick has
worked on family separation
policy and service design for the UK Government and is the co-author of Understanding
Parental Alienation (Charles C Thomas, 2017) and The Guide for Separated Parents (Piatkus, 2007) with his colleague, Karen Woodall.
Maternity and
parental leave and benefit
policies are just one component in a set of public and workplace
policies and supports that can help parents reconcile the competing claims of
work and family life following the birth or adoption of a child.
Parental leave is only one component in a set of
policies and supports developed to help parents balance competing
work and family demands.
Parental leaves and benefits are variously referred to as family
policies that protect maternal and infant health; as employment
policies that promote gender equity and respect the rights of workers to combine
work and family responsibilities; and as «an essential ingredient in early childhood education and care
policies.»
In the US and Canada, most men and women are in the labour force when their first child is born, and about 60 % of women who have a child under three years of age are employed.5 Concerns about
parental stress (caused by the difficulties of balancing
work and family responsibilities) and about children's well - being (in their earliest years of life) have prompted further consideration regarding how
parental leave and benefit
policies might be improved, and which complementary
policies, programs, and services will best promote child and family well - being.