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Paid parental leave options: Understanding your rights

Business Management Daily

Balancing demanding work obligations and a growing family can be a big challenge for employees, especially when they have just welcomed a new child. However, limited parental leave options in the United States often hinder them. Currently, only 27% of American workers employed in the private sector have access to paid family leave.

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Comprehensive Guide on Maternity Leave Laws by State

HR Digest

The United States lacks a federal maternity leave policy , making it the only high-income nation without mandated paid leave for new mothers. While 96 percent of countries provide some form of paid maternity leave, and 81 countries extend this benefit to new fathers, the U.S.

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Pregnancy disability leave — who and what are covered

Business Management Daily

Needing to run to the washroom to throw up has become an hourly event, and she sits at her desk at lunch rather than deal with the smells encountered in the employee lounge. Is there such a thing as pregnancy disability leave ? Pregnancy disability leave. Taking this earned time off keeps a full paycheck coming in.

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How can employers support staff that also have full-time caring responsibilities?

Employee Benefits

The Carer’s Leave Act will provide employees caring for a dependent with a long-term care need with one week of flexible unpaid leave a year. In May 2023, the Carer’s Leave Act received Royal Assent. Access to back-up care enables caregivers to fulfil both their caring and work responsibilities.

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How to choose the best FMLA calendar year for your business

Business Management Daily

For HR, one of the most difficult FMLA challenges is figuring out exactly how much FMLA leave workers can take. Beyond that, there’s the confusion over last year’s pandemic paid leave laws and the most recent extension. Beyond that, there’s the confusion over last year’s pandemic paid leave laws and the most recent extension.

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What HR needs to know about parental bereavement leave

cipHR

Paid parental bereavement leave is due to be introduced in April 2020. This is set to change when the new Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act comes into force in April 2020. Who is entitled to paid parental bereavement leave? All employees have a ‘day one’ right to unpaid bereavement leave. .

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Essential steps to creating an emergency plan for your business

Business Management Daily

Human-caused events. Technology-caused events. Warning: creating a telecommute option opens the door to Americans with Disability Act (ADA) accommodation requests to work at home. Then there’s the Family and Medical Leave Act. Allowing remote work during FMLA leave requires careful management.