We have since floated the idea of shortening maternity leave even further, to just 2 weeks, and making the rest of the leave in the first
year flexible parental leave, to be shared between the two parents — with the exception of the «reserved» daddy and mummy months.
Not exact matches
It follows an announcement last
year in which the government said that from April 2015 parents will have a fully
flexible choice over how they split their 52 week
parental leave entitlement - other than the first fortnight, which the mother must take.
Negotiations came to a grinding halt in February this
year, when the DFA and the university failed to reach an agreement on the key issues of salaries and the number of teaching positions in each faculty, as well as a host of other topics such as
parental leave, nondiscrimination,
flexible retirement, technology - assisted classes, and peer review in tenure cases.
Liberals: Create a
flexible parental benefits plan allowing parents to receive benefits in smaller blocks of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month — and make it possible for parents to take a longer leave — up to 18 months when combined with maternity benefits, although at a lower benefit level; scrap the Universal Child Care Benefit for the wealthiest families, and instead introduce the Canada Child Benefit that will give the majority of families up to $ 2,500 more, tax - free, every
year (typically for a family of four).
They also want to allow workers the right to a period of a
year's unpaid leave to care for a relative, as well as working to increase the uptake of
flexible working environments and shared
parental leave as the UK still lags behind the EU in this area.
Research
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Through proposals on
flexible parental leave the Bill seeks to give parents more choice and flexibility about how they share the care of their child in the first
year, enabling both parents to retain a strong link with the labour market.
By October 2015, a new system of maternity allowance should be in place - this «
flexible parental leave» will give both mothers and fathers the same state support during the first
year of their child's life.
1 - 4 Current trends include extending the period of available leave (as per recent changes in Canada, where eligible parents can share up to a full
year of maternity and
parental leave benefits), promoting paternal leave, and adding more
flexible options.