2. Make your parental leave policy applicable to all parents. All parents may require leave to care for a child, including mothers, nonbirth moms, fathers, adoptive parents and other caregivers. Every parent benefits from leave policies. “Employers should have a policy not just for moms, but...
Short-term disability for maternity leave Although motherhood is not a disability, short-term disability (STD) insurance can help extend your maternity leave. What is STD insurance? Short-term disability (STD) insurance — which many employers and unions pay for and offer as an automatic benefit...
infant and child mortality rates, increased initiation and duration ofbreastfeeding, better mother-baby bonding, and overall improved postpartum mental health. It also has benefits for employers, as maternity leave has been shown to increase the chances that employees will stay at their jobs long-...
As a mum-to-be, you've got enough on your plate without worrying about your maternity leave package. These UK companies offer some of the best benefits.
And as employers wonder how to retain their top talent, a new study reveals what benefits connect them most to the workplace. Mental health care, maternity leave, and group medical coverage are the perks that are most likely to drive employee engagement for staffers who are already ...
Your insurance provider will, however, reimburse you weekly for maternity leave. Beginning the day after the kid is born and continuing through the end of the maternity leave period, fathers in Austria are entitled to a month of paid leave. The father must have worked for at least 182 days...
This article compares maternity leave data from a 1981 Columbia study, a 1992 two county survey and a 1997 revisit to the same sample of Idaho employers. The data reflect a trend between 1981 and 1997 of shifting costs for specific benefits (pension, life and health insurance) from employer ...
In Vietnam, the law grants employees some rights that employers should be made aware of. Employees are entitled to health insurance when taking leave on maternity allowance for childbirth or child adoption. If an employee’s health does not fully recover within 30 working days following their mat...
New Jersey is one of three states in the US that guarantees women a partially paid maternity leave under the state's Family Leave Insurance program, provided under the NJ Temporary Disability Benefits Law. The laws provide partial paid leave up to 18 weeks though in fewer cases, job ...
Sex workers in Belgium are now entitled to formal employment contracts, which include sick pay and maternity leave, under a landmark law that went into effect Sunday. Under the law, which Belgian lawmakers passed in May, sex workers signing such a contract also become entitled to a raft of...