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Financial challenges for immigrant women taking maternity leave: 4 ways Canada can improve

March 6, 2024 admin canadian labour market, careers, careers for immigrant women, caregivers, Community, immigrant women, International Women's Day, labour market information, Living, maternity leave, racialized women, Women

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:46:03 +0000

Canada is facing a critical shortage of caregivers, both paid and unpaid. And those who do this vital work face significant pressures. In particular, there are high costs to immigrant women for taking time off of paid work to care for their own babies.

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Rich People Have Access to Better Microbes Than Poor People, Researchers Say

November 26, 2019 admin babies, environment, HEALTH, maternity leave, microbiology, microbiome, nutrition, Poverty, social inequality, tech-science, wealth, wealth inequality

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:12:08 +0000

Everything from what you eat to where you live and work affects your microbiome.

Biz groups warn longer maternity leave might push employers to prefer men

February 22, 2019 admin Business, gender, Headlines, Latest News Stories, law, maternity leave, Nation, Women

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 23:15:44 +0000

Biz groups warn longer maternity leave might push employers to prefer men

Is the Expanded Maternity Leave Act good for women but bad for business?

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DOLE chief: ‘We will expedite IRR’ for Extended Maternity Leave Act

February 21, 2019 admin dole, employment, expanded maternity leave, Latest News Stories, local news, maternity leave, Nation, national news, news, Philippine news updates

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:12:34 +0000

DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III has assured a prompt crafting of the Expanded Maternity Leave Act’s implementing rules and regulations.

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Groups laud signing of ‘landmark’ law on 105-day paid maternity leave

February 20, 2019 admin Akbayan, Gabriela, Latest News Stories, law, Legislation, local news, maternity leave, Nation, national news, news, Philippine news updates, Women

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 05:48:16 +0000

Party-list groups Gabriela and Akbayan have hailed the “much-awaited” signing of the expanded maternity leave for workers.

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Duterte signs into law longer maternity leave benefits

February 20, 2019 admin duterte, Latest News Stories, law, local news, maternity leave, Nation, Philippine news update

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 04:40:48 +0000

Duterte signs into law longer maternity leave benefits

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the Expanded Maternity Leave Act that will provide longer maternity leave to all working mothers.

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