Sentences with phrase «with women on maternity leave»

While men on shared parental leave can not directly compare themselves with women on maternity leave, enhancing maternity pay but not shared parental pay may give rise to an indirect discrimination claim.

Overturning the tribunal's decision, the EAT held that a father taking shared parental leave is not comparable with a woman on maternity leave.

Not exact matches

The United States is one of just two developed nations — along with New Guinea — to not provide paid benefits to women on maternity leave, according to the International Labor Organization.

Canada may have a pretty generous policy towards maternity and parental leave — especially compared to the U.S. — but many women still encounter significant career setbacks or experience the so - called «motherhood penalty» when they take time off to have kids, and many employers still wrestle with how to accommodate the disruption of employees going on leave.

SOME employers are saving millions of dollars with the return of women who have been on maternity leave into the paid workforce, according to case studies from the Affirmative Action Agency.

If a woman couldn't breastfeed because of lack of support or lack of maternity leave or social pressure and used formula and made her peace with it and moved on, then hears about a campaign to provide others with what she did not have, I think there is some pain (that she didn't have it) and anger (why should they get it when I didn't) that is a legitimate reaction that needs to be addressed before moving on.

First, there is no suggestion of making women reduce their maternity leave by having to share it with men — this is based on the assumption that any gain for men must necessarily be a loss to women.

This focuses on the fact that, with a huge disparity between paternity leave (2 weeks) and maternity leave (52 weeks), the current system penalises women by effectively forcing them into staying off work to look after the children, with a consequent negative impact on their earning potential; not to mention the limiting effect it has on men's ability to be active fathers at this crucial time.

«it gives the impression that every nursing mother is an attention - seeking lunatic» It also works against women who would like to see more paid maternity / parental leave or flex time for working because it gives the idea that THIS is what women are going to do with that extra paid time, show up topless to a public event and sit on the floor nursing in front of a formula company's table.

I knew more and more women were doing it, and I was happy for them, but I didn't think breastfeeding twins was realistic, especially since I wouldn't have anyone at home with me while I was on maternity leave to help me get them latched for tandem nursing.

Article 11 (2) In order to prevent discrimination against women on the grounds of marriage or maternity and to ensure their effective right to work, States Parties shall take appropriate measures: (a) To prohibit, subject to the imposition of sanctions, dismissal on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity leave and discrimination in dismissals on the basis of marital status; (b) To introduce maternity leave with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances; (c) To encourage the provision of necessary supporting social services to enable parents to combine family obligations with work responsibilities and participation in public life

When they can afford it, married women with infants take maternity leaves of a year or so, but then head steadily back to work: 75 percent of mothers with school - age children are on the job.

The project team of Professor Raffaella Ocone, Dr Liz Elvidge, and Suzanne Massie met with Heads of Department (HODs), who confirmed that promotion was based on research, not teaching, and on the number of publications, which affects women taking maternity leave and those coming from industry.

The EAT left open the question of a man on shared parental leave who seeks to compare himself with a woman at a later stage of her maternity leave.

The figures show one in seven of the women surveyed had lost their job while on maternity leave; 40 % said their jobs had changed by the time they returned, with half reporting a cut in hours or demotion.

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I worked with a woman at a previous company who received a promotion six weeks before going on maternity leave, which lasted approximately four months.