18% of employers offer full pay during maternity leave, compared with 27% share in 1998, says survey, United States
Over 18% of employers offer full pay during maternity leave - a 27% decline in 1998 - according to a survey Thursday of the Families and Work Institute, a nonprofit research, published in the Wall Street Journal reports. The survey of 1092 employers revealed that, although the share of firms that increase partially paid maternity leave for young mothers from 60% in 1998 to 64% today, the share of the compensation depends on the situation, said about 13% to 19% over the same period.FWI has said that the cuts are probably on vacation because of the rising cost of employer health insurance benefits. Until we solve the problem of health care costs were seen to continue this trend, said FWI President Ellen Galinsky, adding that women need to plan how their time pour now that the
employees will be asked to pay, a larger share. She said that women who are the bosses have said they are delivered as soon as possible, had plans and ideas to treat their workload in general, models had to be abandoned their demand for cheaper.The investigation has revealed a trend against the unpaid leave for new fathers, the average maximum guaranteed to leave work increased from 13.1 weeks in 1998 to 14.5 weeks in 2005, according to the Journal (Shellenbarger, The Wall Street Journal, 10/13). The study data were collected between September 23, 2004 and April 5, 2005 (FWI release, 10/13).Reprinted with permission from Kaiser Network. You can change the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report view, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at Kaiser network /daily reports / health policy. Kaiser Health Policy Report is published for the Kaiser Network Journal, a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. 2005 Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.Buy furosemide