To afford milk parents described restricting their own food or heating, getting into debt and returning from maternity leave very early.
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Fathers became more involved in the often invisible domestic work needed to keep family life running smoothly.
Mothers still bear the majority of care work and fathers are still largely excluded or pushed to take unpaid leave.
Modest tax cuts, changes to the way superannuation is paid and a whole lot more – this is what’s changing from next week.
New research using Canadian workplace data finds that men who take six months or more of parental leave are seen as warmer and more leadership-ready by colleagues.
What actually happens when an academic gets pregnant, takes leave and then returns to work?
Reforms should account for the specific challenges that parental leave poses to smaller organisations.
More than 1.2 million families rely on these payments, worth $20 billion – yet some unfairly miss out.
Parents that have explored shared parental leave have found the policy and process incredibly complex.
Many fathers think neither the UK government nor employers view their participation in childcare as important.
Women who take longer parental leaves in men-dominated industries may face penalties, including lower pay and limited promotion opportunities.
Compared to many other countries, the UK’s maternity pay allowance is not generous.
Pregnant women and working parents are often excluded from training and other opportunities despite extensive workplace and anti-discrimination laws.
Karina Gould’s parental leave is similar to that of many Canadians. Yet there are key differences, and they offer lessons on how parental leave could be redesigned to help more Canadian parents.
If more Canadian fathers are to harness the benefits of parental leave and remote work, we need to design employment and care policies in ways that recognize every family’s unique needs.
Australia could benefit from revisiting a plan to match maternity leave pay rates with prior earnings as occurs in Switzerland.
All the evidence points to paid partner’s leave having many benefits for children and families – but Labour’s promise falls short on time and money.
Neuroscientists know that pregnant mothers’ brains change in ways that appear to help with caring for a baby. Now researchers have identified changes in new fathers’ brains, too.
States taking the strictest stands against abortion tend to have among the worst statistics in the nation on child and family well-being.
Stable child care can protect kids in the face of major life stressors — so should subsidy policies.
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Professor of Organisation Studies, University of Oxford; York University, Canada
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Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Programme Director, Centre for Labour Law; Lecturer in Mercantile Law, University of the Free State
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Associate Professor in Law, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, York University, Canada
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Consumption & Society, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer in Labour Law, North-West University
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Professor of Law and John F. Kimberling Chair, Indiana University
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Gender, Work, and Care, Brock University
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Emeritus Professor of Politics and Policy, Deakin University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Lincoln
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Adjunct Researcher, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Employment Law, University of Salford