Second, the Committee
reviewed parental leave policies of other area employers, both within and outside the legal profession, and numerous articles and studies on the issue.
«In
reviewing our parental leave policies, we have decided to make this change because it's the right thing to do for our people and their families,» Goler said.
Not exact matches
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 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.
In addition, employers that offer top - up of EI benefits for the duration of
parental or maternity
leave should
review their workplace
policies, individual employment agreements and collective agreements to ascertain what obligations they may have as a result of these changes.
The issue of whether it is discriminatory to enhance maternity pay but not shared
parental pay remains unresolved by the higher courts, but this decision ought to prompt employers to
review their
policies about enhanced pay to avoid falling into the trap that Network Rail did, and also to ensure that there is parity between the provisions of any
policies relating to shared
parental leave in general.
The purpose of this
review is to underscore what we do and do not know about
parental leave policies as factors that affect parent — child interactions and young children's development, and to identify potentially helpful complementary
policy changes and service approaches.