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4 Countries with the Best Parental Leave Laws

Global People Strategist

A country’s parental leave policy is often a reflection of how the country views gender equality. By dividing responsibilities between both parents, a country encourages gender equality and breaks free from traditional gender roles. Here are four countries with the best parental leave policies in the world: 1.

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5 Countries with the Best Employment Laws

Global People Strategist

When it comes to the number of paid holidays, Austrian workers are lucky- they get an overall of 43 days off from work, and that’s not even counting parental leave! Belgium can, however, do a better job with its parental leave statutes. Belgium is another country that helps protect its workers.

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How to Address Gender Pay Gap in the Workplace?

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According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2021, the global gender pay gap stands at 16%. To address this issue, companies should provide family-friendly policies, such as flexible work arrangements, paid parental leave, and on-site childcare.

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Irish government to extend parent’s leave benefit allowance

Employee Benefits

Parent’s leave was introduced by the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019, to boost other types of family leave already available in Ireland, such as maternity, paternity, adoption, unpaid parental leaves, and other family leaves.

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The top 10 most-read articles between 30 December 2021 – 6 January 2022

Employee Benefits

between 30 December 2021 – 6 January 2022 were: How will the ‘Great Resignation’ change employees’ attitudes to employee benefits? Impact.com launches global parental leave policy. The post The top 10 most-read articles between 30 December 2021 – 6 January 2022 appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Department of Work and Pensions reports 5.9% mean gender pay gap

Employee Benefits

percentage point from 2021, while its median gender pay gap for 2022 is 0. We also offer shared parental leave to provide parents with more flexibility in how to share time off work after their child is born or placed for adoption. The government department’s mean gender pay gap , increased by a 1.7

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4 Family-Friendly Benefits to Support Employees

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Parental leave, beyond the federal minimum. Under federal law, employees are only guaranteed 12 workweeks of unpaid family medical leave; however, this only applies if their employer is a public organization or company with 50+ employees. Between 2020 and 2021, over 2.3 Paid parental leave (39%).