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Maternity Leave in UAE

Bayzat

Of these, 45 days are fully paid, and 15 days are half-paid. Maternity leave can commence 30 days before the expected delivery date. An extra 45 days of unpaid leave is possible if there’s a pregnancy or childbirth-related medical condition. What is maternity leave?

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Employment and Labor Law in Australia

Global People Strategist

The purpose of the Act was to foster a healthy working relationship between the employer and the employees and provide all employees with basic employment rights such as minimum wage, paid leaves, compensation for overtime, protection against unlawful dismissal, and health and safety. Four weeks of paid leave per year.

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FMLA and mental health – what you need to know as an employer

Business Management Daily

Severe depression, anxiety disorder, mental disability/mental health disorders, schizophrenia, mental impairment, post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and bipolar disorder are serious health conditions that sometimes require medical leave and reasonable accommodation to be adequately dealt with. Paid or unpaid leave?

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Reasonable accommodation can require additional leave

Business Management Daily

Sometimes, disabled employees need a work schedule change to accommodate late arrivals, medical appointments or even transportation. When an employee requests time off, you must determine whether the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) covers the employee. FMLA leave is generally unpaid. First, consider the FMLA.

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Want to offer support for caregivers of aging relatives? Read this

Insperity

FMLA: The Family Leave and Medical Act requires companies with 50 or more employees to give workers 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a family member. State laws: As of 2020 , a handful of states have mandated paid family leave, and many other states are considering bills that would provide employees with paid leave.

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Developing a Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy For Your Company

Abel HR

Christmas came early for millions of Americans awaiting the approval of a Covid-19 vaccine, with first responders and medical professionals receiving their first doses as 2020 ended. Are you planning on a strictly voluntary process or will you require the vaccine (per the extent of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission )?

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Workers’ Compensation: What’s payroll got to do with it?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

A recent study of manufacturing hourly compensation demonstrated a similar pattern for the main components (social insurance, wages or salaries, and direct benefits) paid by employers in Canada and Australia: The main divisions of employer costs for employee compensation under the BLS study are wages or salaries and benefits.