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How PM Modi's Policies Enabled More Women To Join Workforce, Reap Benefits
From extending maternity leave benefits to relaxation in labour laws to providing creches, the policies led by the Modi government have enabled a significant number of women to join the workforce.
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Elon Musk Changes Twitter's Parental Leave Policy: Report
Several people bashed the billionaire for reducing the leave as it will give mothers a little time to rest, recover and spend time with their newborns in many US states.
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World Breastfeeding Week 2019: Theme, Significance, Objectives And Policies For This Year
Breastfeeding Week: August 1 to 7 is marked as World Breastfeeding Week which promotes the importance of breastfeeding for the new born baby as well as the mother. This year WHO focuses in implementing maternity and paternity leaves along with a parent friendly work environment.
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Johnson And Johnson India Unveils Enhanced Paternity Leave
Johnson and Johnson India's paternal and maternal leave policies are at par with its global practice.
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This IT Company Offers 6 Months Maternity Leave To Its Women Employees
The changes to the maternity leave policy came into effect from this year for employees in India.
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Chinese Women Face Bias In Jobs After 2-Child Policy: Report
China's new policy to permit two children, ending the one child policy this year is resulting in discrimination of women in job market as employers prefer male workers to avoid lengthy maternity leave, official media reported.
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26-Week Maternity Leave For Women Soon
The option of work from home may not be available for all working women, but an amendment in the Maternity Benefit Act will provide 26-week maternity leave to all mothers, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said.
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Corporates Roll Out Employee Benefits For New Mothers
Various organisations in the country are now extending additional benefits to working mothers to ease getting back to work after pregnancy and help them establish a work-life balance.
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Surrogate Mothers May Soon Get Six Months Maternity Leave
Surrogate and commissioning mothers may get six months maternity leave, as per new rules being formed by the central government for its women employees.
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Facebook Ramps Paid Leave Time for New Dads
Less than a week after Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said he would take two months of paternity leave, the social media company announced it is extending its parental leave policy to full-time employees outside the United States.
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Flipkart Offers Women Employees Up To 1-Year Career Break
Flipkart has unveiled its new maternity benefit program, under which women employees can get up to a year's career break, albeit without pay.
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Sound Maternity Policy Can Help Firms Improve Gender Diversity: Experts
Indian companies can boost their gender diversity score significantly if they decide to go that extra mile on maternity policies, say experts.
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Accenture India Increases Paid Maternity Leave to Over 5 Months
The new policy also allows additional unpaid leave for another 12 weeks, the global management consultancy firm said in a release.
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Barack Obama on Family And Work Policy - if France Can, Why Can't We?
President Barack Obama on Monday lamented that America was on its "lonesome" as the only developed nation not to offer paid maternity leave, as he called for a new family-friendly 21st Century workplace.
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US 'Losing Out' Over Paid Maternity Leave: UN
The United States is one of just three countries not to guarantee any paid maternity leave, a policy that costs the country dearly, the UN's labour agency said on Tuesday.
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How PM Modi's Policies Enabled More Women To Join Workforce, Reap Benefits
From extending maternity leave benefits to relaxation in labour laws to providing creches, the policies led by the Modi government have enabled a significant number of women to join the workforce.
-
Elon Musk Changes Twitter's Parental Leave Policy: Report
Several people bashed the billionaire for reducing the leave as it will give mothers a little time to rest, recover and spend time with their newborns in many US states.
-
World Breastfeeding Week 2019: Theme, Significance, Objectives And Policies For This Year
Breastfeeding Week: August 1 to 7 is marked as World Breastfeeding Week which promotes the importance of breastfeeding for the new born baby as well as the mother. This year WHO focuses in implementing maternity and paternity leaves along with a parent friendly work environment.
-
Johnson And Johnson India Unveils Enhanced Paternity Leave
Johnson and Johnson India's paternal and maternal leave policies are at par with its global practice.
-
This IT Company Offers 6 Months Maternity Leave To Its Women Employees
The changes to the maternity leave policy came into effect from this year for employees in India.
-
Chinese Women Face Bias In Jobs After 2-Child Policy: Report
China's new policy to permit two children, ending the one child policy this year is resulting in discrimination of women in job market as employers prefer male workers to avoid lengthy maternity leave, official media reported.
-
26-Week Maternity Leave For Women Soon
The option of work from home may not be available for all working women, but an amendment in the Maternity Benefit Act will provide 26-week maternity leave to all mothers, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said.
-
Corporates Roll Out Employee Benefits For New Mothers
Various organisations in the country are now extending additional benefits to working mothers to ease getting back to work after pregnancy and help them establish a work-life balance.
-
Surrogate Mothers May Soon Get Six Months Maternity Leave
Surrogate and commissioning mothers may get six months maternity leave, as per new rules being formed by the central government for its women employees.
-
Facebook Ramps Paid Leave Time for New Dads
Less than a week after Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said he would take two months of paternity leave, the social media company announced it is extending its parental leave policy to full-time employees outside the United States.
-
Flipkart Offers Women Employees Up To 1-Year Career Break
Flipkart has unveiled its new maternity benefit program, under which women employees can get up to a year's career break, albeit without pay.
-
Sound Maternity Policy Can Help Firms Improve Gender Diversity: Experts
Indian companies can boost their gender diversity score significantly if they decide to go that extra mile on maternity policies, say experts.
-
Accenture India Increases Paid Maternity Leave to Over 5 Months
The new policy also allows additional unpaid leave for another 12 weeks, the global management consultancy firm said in a release.
-
Barack Obama on Family And Work Policy - if France Can, Why Can't We?
President Barack Obama on Monday lamented that America was on its "lonesome" as the only developed nation not to offer paid maternity leave, as he called for a new family-friendly 21st Century workplace.
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US 'Losing Out' Over Paid Maternity Leave: UN
The United States is one of just three countries not to guarantee any paid maternity leave, a policy that costs the country dearly, the UN's labour agency said on Tuesday.
