{"id":94373,"date":"2018-07-21T01:31:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T18:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-trend-for-donating-vacation-days-to-new-moms-is-so-depressing\/"},"modified":"2018-07-21T03:03:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T20:03:34","slug":"the-trend-for-donating-vacation-days-to-new-moms-is-so-depressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-trend-for-donating-vacation-days-to-new-moms-is-so-depressing\/","title":{"rendered":"The 'trend' for donating vacation days to new moms is so depressing"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAmerican women aren\u2019t guaranteed paid maternity leave \u2013 and while co-workers are stepping up, that\u2019s nothing to celebrateIt\u2019s a tough time for believers in American exceptionalism, but patriots should take heart; in one area at least, America remains stubbornly unique: as the only country in the industrialized world that doesn\u2019t mandate employers to offer paid maternity leave.America is also the land of innovation, however, and women with approaching due dates will be tickled to hear that a new workplace trend has sprung up to help them. In the absence of actual employment rights, generous co-workers are giving pregnant women in their office an unusual baby shower gift \u2013 not swaddling blankets or the latest Ergo baby-carrier, but a few days of their unspent vacation. And get this: the even more generous bosses are allowing it! Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…The ‘trend’ for donating vacation days to new moms is so depressing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

American women aren\u2019t guaranteed paid maternity leave \u2013 and while co-workers are stepping up, that\u2019s...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-oy9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49331,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/britain-trails-most-of-europe-on-maternity-pay-says-tuc\/","url_meta":{"origin":94373,"position":0},"title":"Britain trails most of Europe on maternity pay, says TUC","date":"March 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Women in UK get six weeks of \u2018decently paid leave\u2019, and only Ireland and Slovakia have a worse deal Britain is near the bottom of the European league for paid maternity leave, while Croatia, Hungary and the Czech Republic offer the most generous deals to female workers, according to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31866,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/maternity-leave-sackings-cost-280m-a-year-says-equality-watchdog\/","url_meta":{"origin":94373,"position":1},"title":"Maternity leave sackings cost \u00a3280m a year, says equality watchdog","date":"October 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Report makes financial case to retain women staff as data shows 1 in 10 who return to work are quickly forced out at huge extra cost to businessesBritish businesses are losing hundreds of millions of pounds every year as a result of women being forced out of jobs after\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23531,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rise-in-women-facing-discrimination-on-taking-maternity-leave\/","url_meta":{"origin":94373,"position":2},"title":"Rise in women facing discrimination on taking maternity leave","date":"August 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Citizens Advice sees nearly 60% rise in women reporting maternity leave issues including roles being changed and hours reducedNew mothers are facing increasing discrimination when they take maternity leave including being made redundant and switched to zero-hours contracts.Citizens Advice has seen a nearly 60% rise in the number of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":98820,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/raising-the-state-pension-age-has-meant-hardship-for-many-women\/","url_meta":{"origin":94373,"position":3},"title":"\u2018Raising the state pension age has meant hardship for many women\u2019","date":"September 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Alison Peters, 63, on how she is making ends meet until she can claim her pension at 66I live alone and, at 63, had expected to be drawing a state pension by now. 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