paid parental leave

New Zealand’s parliament has voted unanimously to give mothers and their partners three days of bereavement leave after a miscarriage or stillbirth. The new bereavement allowance will give employees three days’ leave when a pregnancy ends with a stillbirth or miscarriage, rather than forcing families to use their sick leave. Labour MP Ginny Andersen, who […]

5 years ago

Pregnant – or planning for baby – and wondering about your rights around parental leave? The challenge for parents in managing work and childcare has been addressed on two fronts of late by the Irish Government. Parents of babies born on or after 1 November 2019 are now entitled to two weeks’ parent’s leave, paid […]

7 years ago

As of last Friday, November 1, the government here in Ireland has granted two additional weeks paid leave for parents of children born or adopted after this date. Which means that when a child is born now, a father can take two weeks paid paternity leave, which he must take within six months of the […]

7 years ago

Good news for new parents. A new Parent’s Benefit will become available from today November 1. This benefit will ensure that parents with a child born or adopted from today onwards can now qualify for two weeks’ paid leave each within their child’s first year. This new Parent’s Benefit is in addition to existing Maternity […]

7 years ago

New parents will be given two weeks paid parental leave in this year’s budget. The government has plans to introduce the leave for new parents and increase the amount of time over the coming years. A cabinet sub-committee on social policy chaired by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar last week also decided to extend the amount of […]

9 years ago