Maternity leave

This t)rpe of scheme could focus on the broad objective of supporting anyone rejoining an organization or restarting a career after a break. Very often, however, its main objective is to help women readjust to work after they return from sometimes long periods of maternity leave. 

If you talked to your boss before you left for maternity leave about working from home part-time after the baby, follow up on it when you return. Don t feel guilty about having these conversations. You ll probably be twice as productive without office politics to deal with anyway. 

We welcome one new author to the series Prof K. C. Westaway has reviewed Nucleophilic Aliphatic Substitution in place of Prof I. Lee, whose cameo contribution to ORM 2004 is gratefully acknowledged. The contribution of Prof K. Banert and Dr H. Hahn to that volume is also particularly appreciated since it enabled the now returning author of Molecular Rearrangements, Pt 1 to enjoy a productive maternity leave. Thanks are also due to outgoing author Prof D. M. Hodgson who, following his expert contributions over several years, felt able to leave the Carbenes and Nitrenes chapter in the capable hands of his co-authors. 

The other experience I had was with St. John s when I interviewed there. A young woman had recently had a child, and she was the only woman in the department. There was no maternity leave policy at the school, but members of the department rearranged their own schedules and worked extra so that she would have an entire semester off after her son was born. These are creative ways to get around the system, but I think it is this kind of creativity that can help change the whole attitude of a department. 

A few months ago the San Francisco Chronicle reported a survey on the response of industrial corporations to women s issues, shown in Fig. 18. Women judge companies with respect to their policies concerning maternal leave and released time for family needs and especially with respect to facilities for child care. A survey of this kind was highly unlikely 15 or 20 years ago. Again, we see the broadening of boundaries between home and office. It is discouraging that in the listed ten best companies, chemical industry is represented very poorly. 

Further provisions of the pregnant and breastfeeding workers directive concern night work, maternity leave, and employment rights, which are not discussed in detail here. 

Temporary workers are only part-time in that they are not permanent workers. They will usually be summer students or people hired to fill a job that is being reserved for someone who will be absent for a longer period of time. Long-term sickness and maternity leaves are simple examples of the need for temporary workers. Temporary workers will be scheduled just as if they are full-time workers, subject to all the rules for the full-time workers they are replacing. In seasonal situations, the temporary workers may be the bulk of the people being employed. 

Of particular importance for safety professionals is the issue of termination of leave of absence at predetermined times. Safety professionals should be aware that a company s requiranent that a maternity leave start or stop on a specific day, without a showing of business or medical necessity, may constitute a violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act and/or Title VII if there is no applicable structure for male anployee leave of absence. ... 

While I have felt included much sooner than this, the time that was the highest was before and after my maternity leave. Before I left, customers and employees alike were very helpful to watch out for me and aid me in the tasks I was unable to perform. Upon my return, everyone was excited to see me back. It made me feel like I was part of a large... family. The situation stood out because my employees and customers went beyond their required duties to help me perform my tasks. Then when I returned, I was shocked at how excited some people were to see my return. 

Gender inequality was also perceived at Big School. Because the norms and policies affected men and women differently according to om survey participants. While women at Big School had the capability to take maternity leave, I d like to see more family leave allowances, for male and female faculty both, said a male faculty member. A female faculty member further expounded on the need for more family-friendly norms and policies,... 

Trainings of employees who were absent for a longer time, for example, maternity leave, have to be refreshed upon come-back. 

Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978. The latest legislation, the Employment Act 1988, has modified the 1978, 1980 and 1982 Acts in respect of certain trade union activities and extended the protection in respect of maternity leave. 

The Director-General shall establish a cost-effective and administratively efficient scheme of social security for the staff, which includes adequate provisions for health protection, sick leave and maternity leave and reasonable compensation in the event of illness, accident or death attributable to the performance of official duties on behalf of the Organisation. 

It is with regards to maternity leave and the return to work that the family/work conflict becomes particularly problematic for women in engineering professions. 

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