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    decision I could have ever made. Keeping misty. Yes, misty does come with responsibilities such as waking up in the middle of the night at 3, 4 or even 5 in the morning to take her out to potty. She will whine until you take her out. Waking up early to leave water and food for her is another thing I have to do and after being up at 3 in the morning, no one wants to be up by 6:30 am. For her I would do that and more. She is fun in so many ways and such a good pup. We go for jeep rides and she…

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    for a new born? Well, because we live in a country that offers only twelve weeks of unpaid parental leave, meaning that parents can take up twelve weeks without having the fear of losing their jobs, but parents don’t get income in those twelve weeks. That’s it. America is a first world country that does not support their families. America is one of two countries that don’t offer paid parental leave, New Guinea, a third world country being…

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    “Only 8% of workers in private sectors benefit from paid leave” (Sylvia Guendelman 1). If you work, you should be able to take time off to take care of a newborn, both mothers and fathers. Not having paid leave makes people lead towards not being able to take time off, especially for men. All states need to have paid leave for women and men who have just had a child. If parents take time off and spend it with their child, it creates a stable home environment for the baby. The amount of times…

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    Any expecting, working mothers can relate to the stress of having a child, then having going back to work right after giving birth or having to worry about unpaid maternity leave. “The U.S. is the only developed nation that does not ensure a parent can be home with a new child and put food on the table for at least a block of weeks”. The first weeks of a baby’s life are priceless, a time when the parents should be bonding with the baby and properly caring for them, as well as recovering from the…

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    Canadian provinces have jurisdiction in a number of areas, including employment. Employment regulations are a shared federal and provincial responsibility. The majority of workers—up to 90 percent of them—are covered by provincial, rather than federal, law. As a result, payroll regulations and employment standards vary as you move across the country. Perhaps the most unique province is Quebec. Of course, the gulf between Quebec and the rest of Canada can mean confusion when it comes to payroll…

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    Paid Time Off Benefits

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    Essentially, many organizations have converted vacation, sick time, and personal time into a policy known as “paid time off” (PTO) (Martocchio, 2013). PTO is also referred to as “personal time off” (Tobin, 2015). In general, PTO hours are used to pay compensation to employees, when they are not at work to perform their job functions (Martocchio, 2013). Nevertheless, it is imperative that the configuration of the organization’s PTO policy is created to meet its business needs (Tobin, 2015).…

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    parents to go back to work days or weeks after giving birth.” The Expand Maternity and Paternity Leave Act (EMPLA) provides certain parents with up to fifteen weeks of paid, job-protected leave. The parents or single parent can start their maternity leave seven weeks before their due date and eight weeks after, around 70% of their normal pay. They can extend the leave for another two weeks if the child gets sick or has special needs. The Executive Agency that will be regulating or enforcing the…

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    Parental Leave Benefits

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    The costs and benefits of the introduction of a paid parental leave in North Carolina Introduction: Historically the US lagged behind many high income and developed countries in terms of parental leave benefits. It was not until 1993 that unpaid parental leave was mandated under the U.S. family and medical leave act (FMLA). Even with the enactment of FMLA, it contains many restrictions that made more than half of the labor force ineligible. In addition, take up rate among eligible workers is…

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    Essay On Parental Leave

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    their child in the beginning of life. Paternal leave is an option in the U.S., but only 3 states offer paid parental leave, which are California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island (United States Department of Labor). It is ideal for both parents to take parental leave but many times only the mother will take maternal leave because someone under the roof needs to bring in the money, which in many cases is the father. Sometimes fathers don’t take parental leave because of the stigma that the child only…

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    Paid Maternity Leave Madeleine M. Kunin once said, “Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline.” This quote displays the true effects of the neglect of paid leave in the United States. The United States is part of a small handful of countries that still do not mandate…

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