It Is Time for Pennsylvania to Create a Paid Family Leave Program

Erin Etnier | Time for Pa. to create a paid family leave program

At one time or another, every one of us is impacted by a health emergency or life-changing event such as the birth of a child.

It is time for Pennsylvania to create a paid family leave program

Children play at the Downtown Children’s Center in St. Louis. (Photo by Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent)At one time or another, every one of us is impacted by a health emergency or life-changing event like the birth of a child. These moments in our lives can be all-encompassing, even when the underlying event is a joyful one. Ask any parent. Adjusting to life with a baby is rich with stress, especially for single mothers like me. I am a singl…

Dads should be entitled to six weeks well-paid paternity leave, major study calls - The Mirror

Increasing leave for fathers in the first year of a newborn’s life could deliver net social benefits of up to £12.8billion annually, according to research by the University of Bath

Reforming paternity leave could benefit UK by £13bn a year

The introduction of six weeks’ well-paid leave for fathers in their baby's first year would boost economic growth and better support working families. The post Reforming paternity leave could benefit UK by £13bn a year appeared first on Personnel Today.

More than 90,000 people sing petition calling for parental leave pay to match the minimum wage

More than 90,000 people have signed a petition calling for statutory maternity and paternity pay to be increased to match the minimum wage. Presently, statutory maternity and paternity pay is set at £4.99 per hour for a full-time worker on 37.5 hours per week. This is well below the £12.21 minimum wage for workers over 21. The petition reads: “If the National Living Wage is £12.21 per hour to legally enforce and ensure a basic standard of living…

Government hails the start of Paid Parental Leave changes

Paid Parental Leave increases to 24 weeks from Tuesday, 1 July. Photo: File – Claire Fenwicke. Changes to Paid Parental Leave kick in from Tuesday (1 July), and will give more support to about 180,000 families with new children. The amount of Paid Parental Leave available to families will increase by two weeks to 24 weeks. The amount of leave parents can take off at the same time will increase from two to four weeks. Thanks to the Government’s r…