Blogs about: Parental Leave

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Virtual assistant - seems ideal for a work at home job.....

Kim wrote 6 days ago: In my quest for finding legitimate work from home opportunities for mom’s, I have done quite a … more →

Tags: Being A Parent, SAHM, Baby, business opportunities from home, Canada, Family, home office, Social, Stay-at-home parents

Great site for parents - I love it!

Kim wrote 2 weeks ago: I am always on the lookout for new websites that offer a breadth of support to help new and existing … more →

Tags: Being A Parent, PLAY GROUP, babies, <Toddlers, new parent, Baby, Work from home, Stay-at-home parents, Coping

the horror of a blue striped shirt and green flowery pants

Nathan wrote 3 weeks ago: I am “off” for seven glorious weeks of summer, which seems glorious until you realize th … more →

Tags: toddler-life, toddler, paternity leave, Daycare, daddy, Parenting, Fatherhood, Mother, Daughter

Did you know.......

Kim wrote 3 weeks ago: Canada has recently made changes to parental leave in a positive way!  During parental leave (after … more →

Tags: Being A Parent, Parental Leave Canada, EI, maternity leave, Canada

Half baked

The Barreness wrote 4 weeks ago: Twenty weeks! Celebrated by allowing a strange man spread icy cold gel all over my tummy (hey, that … more →

Tags: Pregnancy, Family, Ultrasound, Work

stroller derby in stockholm

Nathan wrote 1 month ago: Strollers rule the road (or the sidewalk) in Stockholm, big sturdy strollers pushed by parents who f … more →

Tags: Sprawl, toddler-life, Sweden, Baby Life, Parenting, Public Transportation, Carriage, Stockholm, Strollers

why I like living in Sweden in an essay from Japan

Nathan wrote 1 month ago: Giving in to a toddler-cold and baby-sleep deprivation, I give you Pico Iyer, who once wrote an essa … more →

Tags: Sweden, america, Cars, daddy, Expat, Japan, Journalism, New York, New York Times

Paternity Leave extension plan suspended

employmentlawatlawsonwest wrote 1 month ago: To help employers during the recession, government plans to extend paternity leave to six months hav … more →

Tags: paternity leave

Thoughts on Parental Leave Postponement

fair play to her wrote 1 month ago: Coincidently, on the same day of Sir Stuart Rose’s denial of gender inequality, it was confirmed tha … more →

Tags: Politics, Equality, Equality Bill, Fawcett, Feminism, Harriet Harman, liberal democrats, Mandelson, Maternity

Government shelves paternity leave plans

RichardMacKinnon wrote 1 month ago: The Sunday Times reports that the UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Peter Mandleson, has s … more →

Tags: Work Life Balance, Peter Mandleson

Lib Dems propose flexible parental leave

RichardMacKinnon wrote 1 month ago: Today’s Observer paper carries a debate between the leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrats … more →

Tags: Work Life Balance, liberal democrats, Nick Clegg

the Australian Budget

mutatedpixelation wrote 2 months ago: So the budget has been handed down again and the two major immediate winners are pensioners and infr … more →

Tags: health, Internet, Politics, Australian Federal Budget, Health Insurance, Pension, Small Business, University

My parental leave decided for me2 comments

The Barreness wrote 2 months ago: I am extremely lucky that my company is very generous with its maternity leave – I am entitled … more →

Tags: infertility, News, Work, Budget, Medicare, Current Events, return to work

Going Back4 comments

puppchen wrote 2 months ago: Tomorrow morning I’m going back to work — my leave is up. Laurel’s seven weeks an … more →

Tags: Demographics, Devin

Australia's quest to join the ranks of civilised nations looks set for delay.

natface wrote 3 months ago: When Labor announced their National Platform in the run up to the 2007 election, mums and dads-to-be … more →

Tags: Politics, Wayne Swan, maternity leave, Labor, lindsay tanner, Productivity Commission, Budget 09, Actu', GetUp!

housewives as exotic TV novelties1 comment

Nathan wrote 3 months ago: They are running a series in Dagens Nyheter on the funny shows that run overnight.  You know, the ki … more →

Tags: Addicted to Socialism, toddler-life, Sweden, Baby Life, Parenting, Welfare State, Expat, Canada, maternity leave

Baby in Brussels' Parliement (edit: it appears that it happened in Strasbourg, not Brussels. Sorry !)

momzelle wrote 3 months ago: A Danish member of the European parliement took her baby with her at work last week. So, what’ … more →

Tags: Nursing anywhere, naturally., Breastfeeding, maternity leave, Babies At Work

swedish baby boom

Nathan wrote 3 months ago: Sweden is in a baby boom.  People can’t get daycare spots.  Apartment buildings built for seni … more →

Tags: Addicted to Socialism, Sweden, america, Baby Life, Work/life balance, paternity leave, Stockholm, maternity leave, united states

Why we need new approaches to understanding economic life

livingeconomics wrote 3 months ago: The global financial crisis has shaken faith in the free market. Like any challenge, the GFC a … more →

Tags: feminist economics, Australia, maternity leave, gender gap in retirement savings, Productivity Commission, australian human rights commission


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