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Court: Single Mom Should Get
Same Time Off as 2 Parents
Jan 24, 2025 10:21 AM CST
Court: Single Mom Should Get Same Time Off as 2 Parents
Appealed case could be 'game changer' for lots of single-parent families in Spain
(Newser)
- A single mom who said she was entitled to double the amount of parental leave at work to make up for not having a partner to help shoulder the load has finally emerged victorious in Spain. Per the
New York Times
, 44-year-old Silvia Pardo Moreno, who worked part-time for an...
Tucker Carlson Mocks
Buttigieg Over Paternity Leave
Oct 15, 2021 2:57 PM CDT
Tucker Carlson Mocks Buttigieg Over Paternity Leave
Transportation secretary back on the job after time off for new twins
(Newser)
- Pete Buttigieg is typically one of the most visible of President Biden's Cabinet members in regard to TV appearances and the like. However, the transportation secretary has been keeping an uncharacteristically low profile of late, and Politico just revealed why: He went on paid paternity leave in August after...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Took 3-Year Paternity Leave
Aug 19, 2020 10:05 AM CDT
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Took 3-Year Paternity Leave
Actor focused on his kids, is back with new projects this year
(Newser)
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt is back, baby. And back from the babies, to be precise. The actor has been out of sight since his last movie release in 2016 as he took three years off to be a father to his two young sons, born in 2015 and 2017. "I just...
Young Japanese Politician
Sets Out to Bust a Taboo
the rundown
Jan 15, 2020 11:34 AM CST
Young Japanese Politician Sets Out to Bust a Taboo
Cabinet minister Shinjiro Koizumi is taking paternity leave, a rare thing in his country
(Newser)
- A politician announcing that he's taking paternity leave typically doesn't make international headlines. But the circumstances of this one are indeed unusual: The politician is Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, 38, and the reason it's making news is because so few men take paternity leave in Japan....
Tweak in Parental Leave Law
Pays Big Health Dividends
new study
Jun 6, 2019 11:35 AM CDT
Tweak in Parental Leave Law Pays Big Health Dividends
Study: Moms healthier if dads or partners can take even a few days off at same time
(Newser)
- Giving dads more flexibility to take a few days off after the birth of a child pays big dividends for new moms' health, a new study suggests. Researchers at Stanford looked into what happened when Sweden added more flexibility to its already generous parental leave policy, reports the
New York
...
Dads in Spain
Started Getting
Paternity Leave—
and Wanted
Fewer Kids
May 9, 2019 11:55 AM CDT
Dads in Spain Started Getting Paternity Leave— and Wanted Fewer Kids
While moms, on the other hand, started wanting more
(Newser)
- An interesting thing happened after Spain introduced a national policy that gave most new dads two weeks of fully paid paternity leave: Men in the country aged 21 to 40, when surveyed, said they wanted
fewer
children than before the policy took effect. The researchers who have been studying the...
Zuckerberg
to Take 2-Month
Paternity Leave
Aug 18, 2017 3:56 PM CDT
Zuckerberg to Take 2-Month Paternity Leave
He did the same when his first daughter was born
(Newser)
- When baby no. 2 arrives for Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder will again be taking two months of paternity leave, like he did when daughter Max was born. "I will always be grateful I could spend so much time with her in the first months...
Scientists Pinpoint Why
US Parents Are Less Happy
Jun 17, 2016 6:15 PM CDT
Scientists Pinpoint Why US Parents Are Less Happy
In some countries, parents are actually happier than nonparents; not in the US
(Newser)
- The "happiness penalty" between parents and nonparents in the US—that is, in which nonparents report being happier than their counterparts—is wider than in any of the other 21 countries researchers have analyzed. Now those researchers say they've managed to pinpoint exactly why, and it all boils...
Japanese Politician
Hammered Over
Decision to Take
Paternity Leave
Jan 7, 2016 5:50 PM CST
Japanese Politician Hammered Over Decision to Take Paternity Leave
'Paternity leave is for workers. Lawmakers are not workers'
(Newser)
- When his child is born sometime in the coming weeks, Kensuke Miyazaki will become the first Japanese politician to take paternity leave, the BBC reports. It's been an unpopular decision, to say the least. "Does he realize that if a lawmaker goes on paternity leave, his voters' voice...
Zuckerberg Giving Himself
2 Months Paternity Leave
Nov 21, 2015 6:20 AM CST
Zuckerberg Giving Himself 2 Months Paternity Leave
Under Facebook company policy, he could take 4
(Newser)
- Facebook is going to have to do without Mark Zuckerberg for a couple of months in the near future: The Facebook founder and his wife, Priscilla, have a baby daughter on the way and he says he is planning to take two months off when she arrives, TechCrunch reports. "...
Mom Whose Baby
Died at Daycare:
Our System Is Broken
OPINION
Nov 16, 2015 12:50 PM CST
Mom Whose Baby Died at Daycare: Our System Is Broken
We need more parental leave, writes Amber Scorah
(Newser)
- Amber Scorah wanted a longer maternity leave. She didn't yet feel comfortable leaving her 3-month-old son, but her company had no mechanism in place to allow her to take more time off, even if it was unpaid. She and her partner discussed the possibility of her quitting her job—...
Amazon Just Made
2 Surprising Moves
Nov 3, 2015 9:50 AM CST
Amazon Just Made 2 Surprising Moves
Expanded parental leave and a shiny new Seattle bookstore
(Newser)
- New moms and dads at Amazon have a new perk: six weeks of fully paid leave, CNNMoney reports. Birth mothers will get an additional four weeks before their due date, plus 10 weeks after the birth, for 20 weeks' total paid leave. Plus, employees can share any unused portion of...
Why Male Execs Should Start Taking Paternity Leave
OPINION
Sep 3, 2015 1:59 PM CDT
Why Male Execs Should Start Taking Paternity Leave
It's time to set an example from the top: Julia Greenberg
(Newser)
- Female CEOs face quite a bit of scrutiny over how they handle maternity leave—for example, a sample headline about Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's recent decision to take only a brief, working leave : "Marissa Mayer’s Two-Week Maternity Leave Is Bullsh*t"—but no one gets on male...
Netflix Gives New Parents
One Year of Paid Leave
Aug 5, 2015 6:55 AM CDT
Netflix Gives New Parents One Year of Paid Leave
Netflix says move will help foster its culture of 'freedom and responsibility'
(Newser)
- Expecting parents wondering which company offers the best maternity and paternity leave in the US need look no further. Netflix announced yesterday that it is upping the ante, offering new parents unlimited, fully-paid maternity
and
paternity leave for the first year after having or adopting a child. The streaming video...
52 Weeks of
Parental Leave
Now Exists. Paid
Jun 10, 2015 4:53 PM CDT
52 Weeks of Parental Leave Now Exists. Paid
For a very select group of employees at one of Richard Branson's subsidiaries
(Newser)
- Richard Branson has come up with a parental leave policy that Michelle Duggar could have retired on probably sometime in the last century: 52 weeks of leave at 100% pay, reports TheStreet . "If you take care of your employees, they will take care of your business," says Branson...
Yes, Prince William Does Need Paid Paternity Leave
OPINION
Jul 26, 2013 1:15 PM CDT
Yes, Prince William Does Need Paid Paternity Leave
Judith Warner thinks the new dad is making a brilliant symbolic statement
(Newser)
- Taxpayers are about to pay Prince William $206 a week for paternity leave—and Judith Warner at Bloomberg thinks that's, as the British might say, bloody brilliant. Oh sure, in practical terms, it's a crazy handout to an idle rich person. But "in William's subtle, necessarily...
UK Gives Dads
6 Months of Paternity Leave
Jan 28, 2010 9:11 AM CST
UK Gives Dads 6 Months of Paternity Leave
Policy shift reflects growing role of female breadwinners
(Newser)
- The UK has overhauled its family leave policy to put more British babies in their fathers' care as mothers play the role of breadwinner. Where previously mothers got nine months' leave and fathers only two weeks, families will now have the option of shifting the mother's last three months to...
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