Working Brief: The complicated ins and outs of employers and parental...

Belfast Telegraph;  June 12, 2007 ;   Lucy Cochrane;   481 words ...Parental leave is not connected to annual leave or...involving dependents. To qualify for parental leave a parent must: - have been employed with the same employer for one year when parental leave is taken; - have responsibility for...

Employers 'kidding' parents out of rights to family time off; New Croner...

M2 Presswire;  September 8, 2005 ;     787 words ......research finds UK firms not complying with Parental Leave rights (C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...enable employees to take advantage of Parental Leave rights. Croner's research1 among HR...make their staff aware of the right to Parental Leave. A third think allowing working parents...

"MORE TIME FOR DADDY": Quebec leads the way with its new parental leave...

CCPA Monitor;  February 1, 2007 ;   Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle;   787 words ......maternity leave, paternity leave, and parental leave. In Canada, there was a change in parental leave in 2001, which basically extended the...rest of Canada may want to emulate. Parental leave is in principle aimed at men as well...

It's a family (leave) feud; P.M.'s wife fights parental leave cutoff date.

Business Insurance;  May 29, 2000 ;   VEYSEY, SARAH;   687 words ......the High Court, challenging U.K. parental leave rules that came into force at the...of her husband's government. The Parental Leave Regulations incorporated the European Union's Parental Leave Directive of 1996 into U.K. law...

FED: Parental leave no longer if but when: Gillard

AAP General News (Australia);  September 29, 2008 ;     312 words ...FED: Parental leave no longer if but when: Gillard NEWCASTLE...whether Australia should have paid parental leave, but rather how to best provide...Gillard has refused to say if a parental leave scheme will be part of next year...

Oh baby, it's hard for Kiwis to get paid parental leave

Sunday Star-Times;  May 19, 1996 ;   SHEERAN, Garry;   787 words ......how New Zealand lags behind on paid parental leave IT'S a cushy life for DINKS . . . double...Zealand law does not provide for paid parental leave. And while an estimated 35% of employers...provisions in employment contracts for paid parental leave, they are meagre compared with ...

Kramer Vetoes Parental Leave Legislation;Expense Too High for Small Number...

The Washington Post;  February 17, 1989 ;   Claudia Levy;   492 words ...Montgomery County's pioneering parental leave legislation was vetoed yesterday by...time when we already have the best parental leave program in the metropolitan Washington...three weeks specifically designated as parental leave at 60 percent of salary. It would initially...

Taking Time: Parental Leave Policy and Corporate Culture

Personnel Psychology;  April 1, 2000 ;   Russell, Joyce E A;   787 words ...Mindy Fried. Taking Time: Parental Leave Policy and Corporate Culture...Park, MD. In the past decade, parental leave policies and issues have become...or thrive. Thus, although the parental leave policy exists, few employees...

parental leave

A Dictionary of Law;    ELIZABETH A. MARTIN;   472 words ...parental leave Time off work given to parents. The...are contained in the Maternity and Parental Leave Regulations 1999, which set down key...In order to exercise the right to parental leave the employee must have been employed...

Parental leave laws aid job growth: study

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 2, 1988 ;     484 words ......growth, as critics of a federal parental leave bill contend, a new study says. In fact, mandatory parental leave policies appeared to boost employment...job growth in seven states with parental leave laws to growth in seven non-leave...

Fed: Set up super-style accounts for parental leave: inquiry

AAP General News (Australia);  May 21, 2008 ;     504 words ......Fed: Set up super-style accounts for parental leave: inquiry By Adam Bennett SYDNEY, May...to job should be set up to help fund parental leave, a Productivity Commission inquiry...submissions today calling for more parental leave for men and increased childcare rebate...

Paid Parental Leave Considered in Montgomery

The Washington Post;  January 11, 1989 ;   Claudia Levy;   628 words ......legislation that would grant paid parental leave for up to seven weeks for male and...in the nation that offers fully paid parental leave to both men and women. Hanna's legislation...allowed a maximum 90 days of unpaid parental leave; teachers, who work under a separate...

Paid parental leave bill goes to Parlt

The Press;  December 11, 2001 ;     324 words ......the full 12-week entitlement of paid parental leave even if they miscarry or give up caring...adoptive parents are also eligible. Paid parental leave was aimed at allowing new mothers to...spokeswoman said. Eligibility for paid parental leave will be based on the existing criteria...

Parental leave delayed

The Press;  November 6, 2001 ;   WATKINS, Tracy;   469 words ...Parents budgeting for paid parental leave from April 1 have had their hopes dashed...Laila Harre, who championed the paid parental leave scheme for the Alliance, suggested...thought about the prospect of paid parental leave when she got pregnant. "But once I...

NEW ZEALAND: SELF-EMPLOYED TO BENEFIT FROM PAID PARENTAL LEAVE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 11, 2006 ;     656 words ......will be eligible for 14 weeks paid parental leave from 1 July this year, bringing greater...Minister of Labour Ruth Dyson. The Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave for Self-Employed Persons) Amendment...