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Two decades after first federal law addressing family leave, growing calls for expanded access to affordable leave WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- February 5 marks the 20-year anniversary of President Clinton's signing of the historic Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the first federal law that guaranteed Americans protected time to care for loved ones. Since its implementation in 1993, FMLA leave has been used more than 100 million times by an estimated 35...

A two-part infographic series from Mercer that examines how parental leave policies vary around the world. (PRWEB) October 10, 2012 For many parents, paid leave and work-family support after childbirth or adoption greatly affect their families’ health and financial wellbeing. Over the years, governments have instituted parental leave policies to promote gender equality in the workplace, increase birth rates and encourage the long-term social benefits of parent-child bonding. Even where...

NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Working Mother today named the 2012 Working Mother 100 Best Companies and the Top 10 of the year. The companies are recognized in the October/November issue of the magazine, on workingmother.com and will be honored at the Work Life Congress, to be held here on October 10th. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120918/NY75735-INFO) Working Mother rewarded companies for their wide array of progressive workplace programs, including...

The cash-for-care benefit paid to Norwegian mothers so that they can stay at home with small children means they may quickly fall behind in the world of work, according to recent research. Carried out for a PhD at the University of Stavanger (UiS), this study shows that many women also work reduced hours up to two years after their entitlement to the benefit ends. This finding could be important for other countries considering policies which either encourage or discourage mothers to...

All Californians with individual/family health insurance will have maternity added July 1st. Calabasas, CA (PRWEB) June 14, 2012 BenefitPackets.com, California’s designated Premier Partner & Managing General Agency for Anthem Blue Cross is working to educate individuals and families including those on Medicare about the constantly changing health insurance market on both the federal level as well as California state specific. http://www.benefitpackages.com, California’s...

CHICAGO, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The struggle to balance career and family starts in the earliest stages of parenthood, according to CareerBuilder's annual study of working moms. One-in-four (26 percent) working moms who have had a child in the last three years reported they did not take the full maternity leave allowed by their company. One-in-ten took two weeks or less. The national survey, which was conducted by Harris Interactive© from February 9 to March 2, 2012,...

Swedish mothers of small children work a lot more than in the 1970. This is an important reason why so many parents feel extremely pressured for time. One way to handle the stress is to take advantage of the right for Swedish parents to work half time, according to a new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg. The author of the thesis Jörgen Larsson suggests shorter workweeks for parents. Jörgen Larsson's doctoral thesis is based on the observation that parents of small...

With a growing need for family-friendly workplace policies, a new study commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, concludes that providing paid family leave to workers leads to positive economic outcomes for working families, businesses and the public. The research, conducted by the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, finds that women who use paid leave are far more likely to be...

Half of First-Time Mothers Receive Paid Leave, Census Bureau Reports WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Fifty-one percent of working women who had their first birth between 2006 and 2008 received paid leave (i.e. maternity leave, sick leave, vacation) compared with 42 percent between 1996 and 2000, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) This finding comes from Maternity Leave and...

European politicians who want women to have more children should consider the Swedish model with subsidised child care and paid parental leave. This is the conclusion of a new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg. The study concerns how family policies can make women have more children. 'This is an important issue in many countries, especially in south and central Europe. Without immigration and increased birth rates, the populations of Spain, Italy and Germany are...