Maternity leave Introduction At present‚ almost every country has provisions for maternity leave that provided to the female employees. Most industrialized countries have some form of maternity or parental leave policy that effectively grants employment protection to women around childbirth and in some cases to either parent for an even longer period after childbirth (Puhani and Sonderhof‚ 2009). Maternity leaves are the temporary leaves that allowed by the company or institutions to a female
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International Journal of Career Management Emerald Article: Impact of employee benefits on work motivation and productivity Jon-Chao Hong‚ Sung-De Yang‚ Li-Jung Wang‚ En-Fu Chiou‚ Fan-Yin Su‚ sui-Lan Huang Article information: To cite this document: Jon-Chao Hong‚ Sung-De Yang‚ Li-Jung Wang‚ En-Fu Chiou‚ Fan-Yin Su‚ sui-Lan Huang‚ (1995)‚"Impact of employee benefits on work motivation and productivity"‚ International Journal of Career Management‚ Vol. 7 Iss: 6 pp. 10 - 14 Permanent link to this document:
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As “Kelly (2010) states “The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) requires that U.S. workplaces with at least 50 employees provide 12 weeks of unpaid job-protected parental leave‚ as well as unpaid leaves for employees with serious illnesses and those caring for seriously ill relatives” (para. 2). It is up the the employer to determine what falls under a serious illnesses‚ as well as how they keep tract of an employee’s time off. There are many issues that can arise if an employer is not educated
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Advocates and policymakers have been calling out for paid family leave policies; some of these campaigns have seen recent successes. With the callings‚ a number of bills also have been introduced in the U.S. Congress that would expand the right to access family leave. The proposed Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act (H.R. 1751/S. 846) would expand the definition of family under the FMLA to allow workers to take leave to care for a same-sex spouse‚ domestic partner‚ a parent-in-law‚ an adult child
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Men Take Paternity Leave from Work Katrina Baron ENG/102 Vicki Lynn Samson Everyone knows that expecting mothers take maternity leave from work when their child is born. With that being said according the Family Medical Leave Act excepting fathers are allowed paternity leave from work. In order to better support the mother of their child along with personally care for their child‚ a father should be allowed a paternity leave. Many employers do offer paternity leave but some offer it as
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Paternity Leave “Paternity leave” refers to a kind of special leave granted to employees for meeting their family need. (ref 1) It is a kind of parental leave that is for caring of newborns or newly adopted children (ref 15). In the society‚ people put more emphasis on creating a better work-life balance. Paternity Leave is one of the sources of creating work-life balance. According to the studies of the University Of Hong Kong Public Opinion Programme‚ it found that Paternity leave is one of the
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Introduction Is it no secret that in the United States‚ paid maternity leave is severely lacking compared to other developed countries. The US offers zero weeks of guaranteed paid leave for new mothers‚ whereas other countries offer anywhere from 15 to 50 weeks (Beadle). When I viewed Rosie the Riveter by Howard J. Miller‚ I questioned the importance of women in the work force‚ and wondered how an increase in women could increase the amount of money within an industry‚ and whether or not drawing
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Family Medical Leave Act 1993: Workplace Issues Introduction In the early 1990 ’s‚ congress recognized that an increasing number of children were being raised in situations where both parents worked outside the home. For many‚ the idea of starting a family‚ or expanding the family‚ was complicated by the fact that both parents worked. In other homes‚ families struggled because a family member with a serious medical condition such as diabetes or asthma would often lose time from work because
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Paid maternity leave in the United States I am a single mother of two. During my last month of pregnancy‚ I started doing extra jobs to save up money for upcoming rent for when I would have to stop working. I had to work up until past my due date just to know that my kids and I would be taken care of after I have the baby. Something is wrong with that. Mothers and their infants grow healthier when allowed time to rest before and after birth without having to worry financially. Almost all countries
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Father Should Take Paternity Leave Nowadays‚ we already get used to maternity leave‚ that because mothers should take a rest from their job during their healing time after giving birth to their child. But now fathers can take paternity leave too. Even there are people who still arguing whether fathers should take paternity leave or not. However‚ fathers who take paternity leave can be very helpful to taking care for their family. People argue that most men cannot handle the household
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