However, the United States is the only nation of the 37 member countries in the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) to have no national requirement for maternity leave. The first few months of a child's life are vital to their physical and mental development. ...
The length and benefit amount of maternity leave for Virginia mothers vary considerably depending on the type of employer and other factors. Maternity Leave Length We must break down the answer to how long maternity leave lasts in Virginia into two parts: job protections and income benefits. FMLA...
Objectives: Assessment of the literature on the length of maternity leaves and health of mothers and children; evaluation of the Swiss situation in view of the maternity leave policy implemented in 2005. Methods: Review of thirteen original studies identified by PubMed using topic-related terms. Re...
Who Cares? Assessing Generosity and Gender Equality in Parental Leave Policy Designs in 21 Countries Parental leave laws can support new parents in two complementary ways: by offering job-protected leave and by offering financial support during that leave... R Ray,JC Gornick,J Schmitt - 《Journa...
Maternity leaveMother–child interactionsMaternity leave policies are linked to early childhood education and care policies, and in many countries, the length of leave policies determines the need for early care programs. The length of maternity leave varies greatly among mothers in the U.S. because...
Prior to the reform, the maternity leave scheme was already generous compared to many other countries: Average length of maternity leave prior to the reform was about 244 days. Since we have access to administrative data on the entire Danish population and exact birth dates, we can employ an ...
Moreover, policy recommendations for countries that do not have a long maternity or parental leave today can be provided from this study given institutional settings fairly similar to those in Denmark in the 1980s. The remainder of the paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, a literature...
parental leave policies, but relatively fewempirical studies have focused on parental leave-taking. This study addresses this gap by using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine factors that predict length of maternity leave and whether length of maternity leave is ...
Barriers included inconsistency in policy and the lack of enforcement of policies in different countries. ConclusionsThere is a lack of consistency globally on maternity leave length and workplace policy as determinants of sustained breastfeeding for employed mothers. A consistent approach is needed to ...
To perform a systematic review to assess the association between the length of maternity leave and breastfeeding duration in the United States. This review was conducted with a five-stage model for reviews. We included publications from 2000 to 2023, U.S.-based studies written in English, and...