Parental leave

According to the OECD, the United States is the only nation amongst its ranks that does not provide a “statutory entitlement” to parental leave, for mothers or fathers. Though 59 percent of Americans claim to be entitled to leave, lack of statutory protection means that the availability of leave is tenuous at best-- and a large number of low-wage workers do not have access to leave at all. Outside of an economic context, public policy communicates our “values” as a society. Thus, if we are a…

(Schmidt, 2014). One of these policies is the parental leave policy which significantly effect parent’s participation in unpaid labour of childcare as the policy rules layout the amount of leave parents can have (Ray, Gornick & Schmitt, 2010). It is evident that there is a pattern throughout these three approaches. For example, the effect of relative resources, time availability and gender ideology is predominantly shaped by policy, in particular parental leave policies. In the context of New…

vacation days I must work for my employer for over 10 years. Also, after working for the district for a year an employee is given two weeks of “sick leave” and eight hours of paid vacation. A great benefit, about this it’s that if not used, it may roll over and be added to the following years’ time. Therefore, if an employee were in need of extra maternity leave, may take advantage of the time they saved throughout the years past. Many female employees that become mothers tend to always make…

In America, many believe that taking care of children is a private responsibility this has had led to many work environments to be inflexible and non-family friendly. This perspective was born out of the American ethos of individualism- an ideology that stresses that individuals must be independent and that they are fully responsible for their life outcomes. Hays (2003) argues that this cultural value of self-sufficiency has made us insensitive and nonunderstanding to the social factors that…

Marissa Mayer sparked a maternity leave debate when she announced she was expecting twins. Mayer holds a degree in computer science from Stanford. She worked as an executive for Google and a board member for several companies in the Silicon Valley. Mayer joined Yahoo in 2012, an internet portal that incorporates a search engine and a directory of World Wide Web sites organized in a hierarchy of topic categories. As a directory, it provides both new and seasoned Web users the reassurance of a…

Clinton’s proposal capping a family’s child-care expenses at 10 % of its income, guaranteeing 12 weeks of paid leave if a worker has a new child or ill family member, offering universal preschool for 4 year olds, expanding the child tax credit’s value for young children, and raising pay of child care workers. v. Elizabeth Dias discusses Trump’s proposal about promote six weeks of paid leave for birth and adoptive mothers, a tax credit for child care and a new Dependent care saving account whose…

by Holly Whitman, a piece entitled, “New Dad’s Should Be Able to Take Paternity Leave- Here’s How.” In the article Holly Whitman encourages all fathers of their newborns to take paternity leave because it’s one bond that a dad won’t get back. Holly personally experienced the hard labor of 30 hours while still ending up with a cesarean section. C-sections shouldn’t be the only reason why dads should take paternity leave. Being able to stay home and bond with your little one gives dads the…

ways to fire the mother on leave. Mother can often return to work stressed out, tired, focused on their children, lacking motivation or requiring further training to catch up on knowledge lost or needed to stay up to the required expected level of work. It’s for that reason that workplaces are discouraging the further rulings in favour of extended leave for new parents as the discrimination laws get tougher and tougher as parents seek further rights to extend their leave. This is creating a…

While it was reported that 40 weeks of maternity leave led to the lowest number of neonatal deaths (Ruhm), in the United States, employers are allowed, but not required, to offer up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for special circumstances such as childbirth (Gilpin). However, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, less than 15 percent of Americans are actually offered the paid parental leave (Gilpin). In the unlikely event that they are given this option, female…

In this day and age, working woman who are with child are granted to take maternity leave, to care, look after and attend to their new-born child. Maternity leave is typically granted to full-time working women, to bond and recover from child-birth. Apart from women getting maternity leave, paternity is also necessary for men and their families. Some individual’s may argue that men should take the important role in their families lives, because their wives need their support and attention after…