The federal government is moving ahead with extending employment insurance parental benefits to 18 months and is creating a new 15-week benefit for caregivers. According to Wednesday’s budget announcement, the changes to parental benefits would allow parents to choose to receive employment insurance parental benefits over an extended period of up to 18 months at a lower benefit […]
The Liberal government should rethink federal parental benefits and overhaul a system that’s leaving out too many families and women, according to a new study. The study, published Wednesday by the Institute for Research on Public Policy, says the federal government should consider removing parental benefits from the employment insurance system and give it a […]
Multinational food products organization Danone Inc. is launching its first global parental policy, aiming to offer a consistent standard of support too all employees around the world. The organization, which has its headquarters in France and has operations in Brazil, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa and the United States, intends to gradually roll […]
As the government moves forward on enhancements to the Canada Pension Plan, critics are raising concerns about the absence of a dropout clause for parents who temporarily stop working in order to care of their children. The current CPP allows parents to exclude time away from work during child-rearing years when calculating their contributions. It also […]
Yum! Brands, the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has expanded its parental leave policy for employees at its U.S. headquarters in Kentucky, California and Texas. Employees who give birth are now entitled to 18 paid weeks off, and other parents — including adoptive and foster parents — are entitled to six paid weeks […]
After reading Facebook Inc.’s announcement of extended family and bereavement leave, one Canadian company was inspired to rethink its own human resources policies. “Wow. Honestly, I’m a CEO of a small company in Canada,” Leigh Himel, founder and co-chief executive officer of marketing agency Gravity Partners Ltd. in Toronto, commented on Facebook’s post. “No marketing agencies I […]
Facebook has doubled its bereavement leave offerings, allowing employees up to 20 paid days of leave when an immediate family member passes away, and up to 10 days following an extended family member’s death. “People should be able both to work and be there for their families,” chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg wrote in a […]
Starbucks is expanding its parental leave benefits for U.S. employees effective October 2017, according to the company’s website. Birth mothers, who currently receive six weeks of leave at 67 per cent of average pay, will be eligible for the same number of weeks but at 100 per cent of their average pay. Birth mothers who […]