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• Lengthy maternity leave could harm women’s career prospects

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, Nov 29 (ANI): Giving women a lengthy period of maternity leave could harm their career prospects, according to a new study.The study from the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm, Sweden, shows that the more family-friendly a country tries to be, the less its women succeed in the ...
  1 day ago

• Indiana Intermittent FMLA

  
  Labor Law Talk Blog — Authority: 421
  One of the biggest concerns among employees in Indiana and elsewhere in the U.S. is the federally-sanctioned right of employees to take unscheduled, intermittent leave under FMLA. The Family and Medical Leave Act or FMLA allows this kind of leave, and the U.S. Department of Labor has addressed the issue. A report ...
  4 days ago

• Recycling Mystery

  
  Resolving Timeline Issues — Authority: 128
  Wednesdays, our garbage and recycling are picked up. Yes, both on the same day. Its incredibly convenient. I throw my one bag of garbage in the can in the garage, drag it out, and then put all the recycling bins out. I have my own stacking ones for glass/cans/plastic, newspaper, office paper and cardboard and one big ...
  4 days ago

• Woman you are not doing anybody a favour…

  
  The Life and Times of an Indian Homemaker — Authority: 122
  I agree that motherhood is not a favour to the baby.  In fact a society owes every baby and every mother a healthy, welcoming, safe and happy environment. What happens when a society disrespects motherhood? Unmana blogged about [ Link ] how Indian Air Force thinks ‘ Pregnancy makes women pilots cost-inefficient ...
  6 days ago

• Liz Jones on what maternity leave means for middle class women

  
  Not a sheep — Authority: 150
  "For middle-class women, having kids is a lifestyle choice, an excuse to put their Ugg-clad feet up while barking at the nanny for 12 months before returning to a warm office where they can coo to the baby via a webcam and have a nice sit-down." You can read more in The Mail and should.
  1 week ago

• Thoughts about being a stay at home mom

  
  HisBoysCanSwim: Pregnancy Blog, Forums, And Pregnancy Message Boards — Authority: 122
  Right after Monkey was born I wished, more than anything, that I had a job to return to after maternity leave.  Obviously there were a lot of issues (postpartum depression, anyone?) going on within me to make me dread hanging out with my son & wishing for a job that I didn’t have. So now, being 17 weeks into ...
  1 week ago

• AI: Maternity Leave

  
  Skepchick — Authority: 578
  In the UK, maternity leave is 52 weeks. A year off after having a baby, the first 39 weeks of which are paid for by your employer. In addition, the mother is entitled to 13 weeks unpaid leave until the child is five. That is of course incredibly fantastic for the mother and child, and a very good incentive for large ...
  1 week ago

• Intermittent FMLA in Connecticut

  
  Labor Law Talk Blog — Authority: 421
  Employees in Connecticut and throughout the rest of the U.S. are entitled to take unpaid, job-protected leave for a serious health condition by the hour, if they wish, and need not schedule the time off in advance. The practice is called “unscheduled, intermittent FMLA leave.” It is one of the most ...
  1 week ago

• Maternity leave

  
  Human Resource Blog — Authority: 434
  There is no requirement for paid maternity leave in Arizona. The state has no family leave law. Employers with more than 50 workers are covered under the federal FMLA, the Family and Medical Leave Act. The FMLA requires that employers grant up to 12 weeks (total) of unpaid leave for pregnancy, childbirth and baby ...
  1 week ago

• Work+Life is Not About “Nice,” It’s About Long-term, Strategic, Global Competitiveness

  
  work+life fit, inc. — Authority: 104
  Okay, here’s the deal:  Work+Life is not about being nice.  Yes, it is lovely to be nice, and helping people manage their work and life is the right thing to do.   But developing and implementing work+life strategies is about the long-term global competitiveness of our people, our businesses and our country. ...
  1 week ago

• Hot off the Press Release: Family-Friendly Workplace Policies Enhance Competitiveness

  
  Hoyden About Town — Authority: 139
  A US org sent me this: Raising the Global Floor: Unprecedented New Study Finds that Family-Friendly Workplace Policies and Protections Support Jobs, Enhance Competitiveness Eight-Year Worldwide Study Finds U.S. Lacking Compared to Other Nations on Paid Sick Days, Paid Paternal Leave, Breastfeeding, Other Worker ...
  1 week ago

• Do mothers want to be at home?

  
  blue milk — Authority: 468
  Leave a draft post long enough and the discussion will move on entirely from your half-completed thoughts and you can scrap the entire piece. So without further fuss, and while the baby is reluctantly occupying himself in the playroom, here is my quick response to all this: Several questions hover, largely unnoticed ...
  1 week ago

• Shenzhen To Make Leave Payment Mandatory

  
  ChinaCSR.com — Authority: 431
  Shenzhen will amend its salary payment rule to ensure that employees receive their pay when they take statutory leave. The new rule will adopt the concept of "normal work time salary" and replace the controversial "standard salary". It states that employees are eligible to take annual leave, home leave, marriage ...
  1 week ago

• Returning To Work After Giving Birth(video)

  
  ForWomenOnline — Authority: 145
  Going back to work after baby can be stressful for the whole family. But there are ways to ease the transition and make it work for everybody. Anne has some insight into this emotional dilemma. See the video: Forwomenonline.com
  2 weeks ago

• Did You Take Advantage of Full Maternity Leave?

  
  LilSugar — Authority: 619
  Before an expectant working mama checks out to welcome another baby to the world, she usually has a good idea of how much time it will be before she settles back into her desk. In some countries, mothers take the entire first year of their babes life to stay at home and get to know them. In the States, its a bit ...
  2 weeks ago

• Newborn and Parenting Resources to Ease New Mothers’ Transition Back to Work After Maternity Leave

  
  Parenting Advice — Authority: 127
  WellPoint’s affiliated Life and Disability Companies are pleased to announce Newborn and Parenting Resources - a new service designed to help new mothers adjust to their newborn baby child care and return to work after maternity leave. Newborn and Parenting Resources are available to all new and in-force short ...
  2 weeks ago

• Intermittent FMLA in Colorado

  
  Labor Law Talk Blog — Authority: 421
  The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, commonly called the FMLA, guarantees workers in Colorado and the rest of the U.S. the right to as many as 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave annually. The time may be taken at the birth of a child or to address a worker’s serious health condition. There is nothing ...
  2 weeks ago

• Maternity Leave for the Self-Employed Announced

  
  Strocel.com — Authority: 422
  Today I am re-visiting Mat Leave Monday , because there was a major announcement last week that affects maternity leave in Canada. On November 3, the federal Conservatives introduced The Fairness for the Self-Employed Act , which extends special benefits provided through the Employment Insurance (EI) system to the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Childcare vouchers

  
  PJH Law - Employment Law Blog — Authority: 135
  Many employers offer a salary sacrifice scheme for childcare vouchers so that employees can offset their childcare costs out of gross salary.  Figures show over 340,000 employees of over 35,000 companies make use of them. Under Government plans the tax relief and thus the benefit of the vouchers could be scrapped by ...
  2 weeks ago

• On staying home for a year.

  
  Assertagirl — Authority: 116
  It’s official; I’ve joined the ranks of stay-at-home moms. At least, for the next thirteen months or so. True, the baby isn’t actually here yet, but Friday was my last day at work so that made me a stay-at-home mom as of, oh…11:41 Friday morning. You might be wondering why thirteen months? Seems very ...
  3 weeks ago

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