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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Parental leave"”.
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The Parental Leave Directive : An Exercise In Futility?
… thesis examines issues surrounding the Parental Leave Directive which is the first pan European non-gender specific right for working parents. The history of the emergence of the Parental Leave Directive is traced and there is an analysis of the nature and content of the Directive and …
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Disruptive time : parental leave, flexible work, and superannuation in Australia
… of time in the Australian legal regimes of parental leave, flexible work, and superannuation and its gendered connotations. As a socio-legal project, this thesis uses existing empirical evidence and theoretical material to conceptualise, critically analyse, and theorise the gendered …
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Fathers’ Uptake of Parental Leave in South Korea: Determinants and Aftermaths
While interest in fathers’ uptake of leave is increasing internationally, the extant literature on fathers’ leave primarily documents Western, especially Nordic contexts. Against such a backdrop, my thesis investigates the determinants and aftermaths of fathers’ uptake of leave in South Korea using …
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Performative Parenting: Social Norms and Fathers' Use of Parental Leave Entitlements
Fathers’ use of parental leave is a crucial policy issue in relation to gender equality and at the root of gendered caring norms and unequal divisions of labour throughout the life course. Using comparative mixed methods and a framework that conceptualises parenting as gendered and performative …
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Exploring Teachers’ Experiences of Parental Leave Policies in One School Board in Ontario
… experiences of secondary school teachers with parental leave in one school board in Ontario. The purpose of the research was to understand the policies that govern parental leave and teachers’ perceptions about the power dynamics in how these policies are enacted. This qualitative study was …
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A comparative legal analysis of the implementation of the 1996 parental leave directive in the UK and Poland (1983-2010)
The Parental Leave Directive 96/34/EC is the only EU directive which was adopted with the specific aim of enabling working parents to reconcile work and family responsibilities thorough the use of parental leave and leave for urgent family reasons. This thesis consists of an exploration of this …
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Comparative examination of maternity protection in EU and in Georgia, an analysis of the effectiveness of paid parental leave in promoting gender equality in the workplace
… Union. The analysis assesses the impact of paid parental leave and the distribution of family responsibilities on gender equality, considering factors such as labor market participation, career advancement and fathers' involvement in child rearing. The research also aims to study the regulations …
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Why EU Work-Family Reconciliation Policies Fail in Italy: A Feminist Legal Analysis
<p>Following the establishment of the European Parental Leave Directive (96/34/EC), the female employment rate in Italy is still ranked the third lowest in the European Union (EU) and Italian women continue to do twice as much household work as Italian men. Parents, especially women, struggle to …
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Graduate Students' Conceptions Of The Tenure-Track Hiring Process In Science, Technology, Engineering, And Math Fields.
… fields. Factors including gender, marital and parental status, and gendered adjectives used in letters of recommendation have been linked to women's success in STEM fields. Many graduate students studying in STEM fields are preparing for academic careers, and it is unclear if their preferences …
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"I can't be a parent if I'm not there": Investigating how leave shapes parental identity experience among female same‐sex parents
This research explores how leave affected ten female same-sex parents’ experience of their parental identity. Semi-structured interviews with all participants and semi-structured two-week diaries (diary-interview method (DIM)) with four participants who were currently within their leave …
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Spatial Features of Labor Markets and Links to the Housing Market
… market. The first two papers look at how a local parental leave policy and the neighborhood in which one resides can influence women's decision to work. One paper shows that New Jersey's 2009 family leave insurance program induces women to remain employed following childbirth. The other reveals …
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The effects of labour policies in the Piedmont Region of Italy on equity in the labour market: reflections on women in Labour
… of information with regards to the issue of parental leave and part-time work arrangements, makes an impact on gender equity in the labour market (Del Boca, 2002; Naldini & Saraceno, 2008). Giddens' theory of structuration is the conceptual framework from which this study approaches these …
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Perinatal Policy Disparities and Their Impact on Maternal, Paternal, and Child Health
… (4) workplace breastfeeding accommodations, (5) parental leave, (6) equity in access, and (7) policy enforcement. Evidence shows that integrated and inclusive policies particularly those in Sweden, Germany, and progressive U.S. states (NY and CA), yield substantial benefits for maternal recovery, …
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The Comparative Impact of Family Policies in Sweden and Japan
… types of policies I study, (child allowances, parental leave legislation, as well as the establishment and expansion of childcare institutions) exist in both countries. At the same time, Japan and Sweden differ in the historical patterns of family roles reflected in each country's family policy …
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The Adoption of Feminist Policies Under Conservative Governments
… inequalities for women: father quotas in parental leave (a specific time period reserved exclusively for fathers) and corporate board quotas. This dissertation employs a comparative within case study of three cases in Germany with four additional preliminary case studies in United Kingdom …
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Work–Family Conflict in Low-Income Households
… States is the only country not offering paid parental leave. Paid leave is left at the discretion of employers and only a few states offer Paid Family Leave benefits. The FMLA was established to protect workers from losing their jobs in case they needed to care for an elderly person or for …
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Understanding why and how women determine to stay in student affairs after having children: a narrative inquiry
Many women leave higher education and the workforce because of inadequate support after childbirth, as student affairs units often struggle to create family-friendly environments. The purpose of this narrative inquiry qualitative study was to understand why and how mothers who work in student …
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Stay at Home Dads: How fatherhood is evolving in Irish society.
… stop discriminating by gender when it comes to parental leave and social welfare, and the reasons for this are discussed in detail.
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A national survey of occupational stress, psychological strain and coping resources in elementary school counselors
… including age, gender, school size and setting, parental status, years in profession, schools served, marital status, students assigned, and hours worked. Data were collected by mail survey which had an 84% (n = 410) return rate. Of these, 310 were usable for data analysis. Respondents averaged …
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