Sentences with phrase «policy benefits to your children»

This is an affordable way to extend your policy benefits to your children.

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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.»

The biggest driver of economic growth next year will be from household consumption, which policy makers reckon will get a boost from the federal government's tax cuts and its decision to augment monthly child benefits.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research group that focuses on reducing poverty, 20 million children in the United States (nearly 1 in 4) will have received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — better known as food stamps — in 2016.

In addition to its corporate diversity, Alphabet Inc. ranked strongly for worker pay and benefits, including a flexible paid time off policy, and a strong 401 (k) savings program, and for its supply chain impact (the company has committed to reasonable worker hours, and to policies such as no forced or child labor).

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.

The contingency reserve would not be used to finance new policy initiatives, such as the Family Tax Cut and the increase to the Universal Child Care Benefit.

For example, parents may want to gift to a child via a large life insurance policy, but they hold back out of fear that the death benefit might reduce the child's motivation to pursue a degree or build a career.

Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...

Whatever legal and public policy solutions are reached in the coming years, Christians need to find a social, political and religious way to secure the well - being of women and children, involve fathers in the lives of their children, and support gays and lesbians who want to establish committed relationships and receive the benefits and blessings that go with this commitment.

By law all children have the right to benefit from certain federal programs, but the voucher system — through which funds can be spent to benefit the school, not just the student — is both unconstitutional and poor public policy.

We choose to source fair trade certified organic ingredients wherever possible as part of our internal social justice policy to ensure there is no child labour used, above average wages paid, and education and health care benefits provided to provided to farmers.»

«SPL is far from perfect as a policy, but we need to give it time to «bed down» and for employers to get to grips with their vital role in supporting mums and dads to share it more equitably — to the benefit of both parents» careers, and their children's wellbeing.»

If being a good father has become a privilege, and if most men (and therefore their partners and children) are unable to reap its benefits, it is important to then ask how stronger social institutions and policies might be put into place to support men and fathers.»

With these potential learning and health benefits, don't be surprised if your child's school modifies its gum policy, begins to offer gum as a reward for good behavior or encourages chewing in math class.

It is up to parents to decide for their family whether to allow their child to start, or continue, playing football, not some present or former player, journalist or scientist who takes the position that football is either too dangerous to be played by anyone or safe enough to be played by all (October 25, 2015 update: this is exactly the position adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics in its 2015 Policy Statement on Tackling in Youth Football in which it leaves parents - presumably in consultation with their child's pediatrician - to «decide whether the potential health risks of sustaining... injuries [in tackle football] are outweighed by the recreational benefits associated with proper tackling»); and

«Finding ways to decrease the incidence and severity of sports - related injuries is critical to keeping kids playing sports long - term and reaping the benefits that organized athletics provides,» said Dawn Comstock, PhD, a co-author of the study and assistant professor at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

Clinical services and public - health policies that promote exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life are likely to yield important benefits for early child development.

You can help by educating mothers about how to succeed at balancing breastfeeding and work responsibilities, by educating employers about the needs of their working - mom employees and the benefits of offering a mother - friendly worksite, and by generating a change in culture and organizational policy and environments among employers, within workforces, and in child - care settings.

Implications for Public Health Practice: Because of the documented benefits of breastfeeding to both mothers and children, and because experiences in the first hours and days after birth help determine later breastfeeding outcomes, improved hospital policies and practices could increase rates of breastfeeding nationwide, contributing to improved child health.

Far from helping families children's groups said the policy will lead to parents taking low paid jobs and «cycling» from work to benefits, putting families in greater risk of falling into debt.

(They understood they were too old to benefit, but they had the ability to empathise with those future children who would benefit from the policy.)

«The introduction of this policy has also complicated the roll - out of universal credit by diverting most claimants who are responsible for three or more children back to tax credits; and at the same time the policy has been introduced into universal credit under interim rules, with full rules expected to be in force from November 2018.2 «This has created unnecessary complexity and is likely to lead to a great deal of confusion for claimants not only in respect of support for their children but also around which benefit that support will come from.»

Labour is distancing itself from a proposal by the party's policy review chief Jon Cruddas that benefit claimants could be forced to give their children the MMR vaccination - or face losing their payouts.

That's why I have asked our social policy review to look into whether we should cut the benefits of those parents whose children constantly play truant.

Child benefit could also be overhauled as a result of the policy drive, with more resources allocated to children's early years.

«The placement of vulnerable children and young persons with complex needs in YOIs [youth offenders institutes] may result in increased risk of self - harm and suicide, which are often difficult for staff to manage effectively, even with the benefit of the policies and procedures which are in place.»

This will mean Coalition tax and benefit policies are set to increase child poverty by a million children by 2020 on the relative income measure.

«If it is proposed that Labour MPs are being asked to vote for the government's plans to cut benefits to families, I am not willing to vote for policies that will push more children into poverty.

«If it is proposed that Labour MPs are being asked to vote for the government's plans to cut benefits to families I am not willing to vote for policies that will push more children in to poverty,» he said.

«The Chancellor's policy on child benefit seems to be that a two - earner family on # 84,000 can keep all their child benefit, but a one - earner family on # 43,000 — whether that is a single parent, or where mum or dad stays at home to look after the kids — will lose all their child benefit, which is # 2,500 if the family has three kids.

The report proposes a series of policy recommendations to close the wage gap, including launching statewide public education campaigns on the breadth of career opportunities, salary negotiation and financial literacy, expanding access to child care and family leave, increasing career mentoring for young women and improving data and transparency on job titles, pay and benefits.

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.

I want to take the child benefit step this week... The policy in the coalition agreement is not specific.

He also said the Tories wanted to introduce a transferable tax allowance to help stay at home mothers, but aides admit this policy would not help the higher rate taxpayers losing out from the child benefit cut.

Former leader Charles Kennedy rebelled against the leader's desire to scrap the unaffordable policy of scrapping tuition fees and Steve Webb MP rebelled against the suggestion that child benefit might be means - tested.

Access to state - supported early childhood programs significantly reduces the likelihood that children will be placed in special education in the third grade, academically benefiting students and resulting in considerable cost savings to school districts, according to new research published today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.

Exposure to pollution during the second trimester of pregnancy in particular raises the risk of harm to a child's lungs, underlining the multiple public health benefits of policies to reduce exposure to air pollution, say researchers.

«Given that disadvantaged children and teens enrolled in Medicaid, a public insurance program, are disproportionately diagnosed with ADHD, these are important policy questions to address: why are there more children taking ADHD drugs today than a decade ago, what benefits do they deliver and at what cost.»

Hated One - Child Policy Brings Unexpected Benefits for China's Girls Associated Press, August 11, 2011» «They've basically gotten everything that used to only go to the boys,» said Vanessa Fong, a Harvard University professor and expert on China's family planning policy.&Policy Brings Unexpected Benefits for China's Girls Associated Press, August 11, 2011» «They've basically gotten everything that used to only go to the boys,» said Vanessa Fong, a Harvard University professor and expert on China's family planning policy.&policy.»

Witlin, one of the attorneys, told education policy analyst and blogger RiShawn Biddle: «The school district is supposed to exist for the benefit of the children and not for the adults.»

Lansdown notes the benefits of child participation as providing insight that helps inform child - focused legislation and policies, and empowers children by allowing them to acquire skills and experience.

Another unintended benefit, perhaps one that Westerners would be the most surprised by, is that the one - child policy has allowed more girls to get a quality education.

Much as we should embrace technology and take full advantage of its benefits, so too should we embrace no screen policies for our children and encourage them to learn through experience, play and adventure.

«Our study suggests that the pressure put on families by this cut in benefits may also be working contrary to other policies that are intended to support child wellbeing and educational achievement, diminishing their effectiveness.»

«This is an overwhelmingly positive policy that will bring a whole raft of benefits to schools, parents, teachers and children, now and in future years to come.»

As Elaine Maag at the Urban - Brookings Tax Policy Center puts it, the proposed increase in the Child Tax Credit under the Framework would «provide no additional benefit for very low - income families; roughly replace the Framework's proposal to repeal personal exemptions for most middle - income families; and slightly increase taxes for higher income families.»

The policy arguments on this topic have largely been sideshows about research on long term benefits for children; whether it is desirable for government to gain substantial control over the environments in which young children are reared; and roles of the federal vs. state government.

The policy arguments on this topic have largely been sideshows about research on long term benefits for children, whether it is desirable for government to gain substantial control over the environments in which young children are reared, and roles of federal vs. state government.

Roger Weissberg, chief knowledge officer for the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), one of the nation's leading organizations in the field of SEL research, evaluation, and best practices, credits decades of «strategic, steady work» across research, policy, and practice, in helping to highlight the benefits of SEL in delivering a whole child — centered education that supports academic achievement.