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Key on Members Bills
Danya Levy at Stuff reports: Key, who is in Jakarta on a trade mission, said he had discussed the use of the veto with English, who made the announcement while the prime minister was on holiday with...
View ArticleA paid parental leave debate
The VUW Debating Society has a debate tonight on paid parental leave. It is in Rutherford House Lecture Theatre 2 starting at 6.30 pm. The debaters are: Sue Moroney, Labour Spokesperson for Women’s...
View ArticleA logic failure
Jo Moir at Stuff reports: Evelyn Moody went back to work within seven weeks of each of her three children being born. She had no choice, she said – having children was an expensive business, and she...
View ArticleMitchell on paid parental leave
Lindsay Mitchell blogs: The private members bill legislating for an increase of taxpayer-funded Paid Parental Leave (PPL) from 14 to 26 weeks is back in parliament today. Bear in mind, if lobbyists get...
View ArticlePaid parental leave
Hamish Rutherford at Stuff reports: Prime Minister John Key says parents will have to wait until at least 2015 before the Government considers extending paid parental leave, because it cannot afford to...
View ArticleShould paid parental leave be means tested?
Stuff reports: A group of high-powered New Zealand women, some of them mothers, say paid parental leave should be means-tested to give more assistance to poorer families. I agree. Taxing people more to...
View ArticleVodafone’s leave decision
Stuff reports: A flood of supportive messages has been the “overwhelming” response to news that Vodafone will increase the amount of fully paid maternity leave it offers. “I didn’t expect it to be...
View ArticleACT on paid parental leave
ACT’s newsletter comments: Paid Parental Leave David Seymour debated Sue Moroney on Q + A this weekend. Moroney favours extending paid parental leave to 26 weeks, then 52 weeks, then…. who knows? It...
View ArticleACT changing its brand
The Herald reports: Paid parental leave will be extended for eligible parents with pre-term babies, the Government has confirmed. The move comes as Labour hopes to get the needed support for...
View ArticleSeymour is right
Stuff reports: There were angry exchanges during parts of the debate after NZ First MP Tracey Martin took issue with suggestions people should wait to have children till they could afford it. But ACT...
View ArticleMy Food Bag supporting their staff
The Herald reports: Kiwi company My Food Bag is offering a double helping of parental leave to staff who are having kids. All new parents and primary caregivers – including dads – will be allowed an...
View ArticleVetoed
The Herald reports: The Government has vetoed a Labour Party bill which would have extended paid parental leave from 18 weeks to 26 weeks. Finance Minister Bill English confirmed this afternoon that he...
View ArticleSeymour gets it right
The Herald reports: National MP Mark Mitchell said the Government was showing fiscal responsibility by vetoing the legislation. He highlighted the measures National had implemented for children,...
View ArticleNational to increase paid parental leave again
National announced: National will progressively extend Paid Parental Leave to 22 weeks as part of its Parents and Newborns Package designed to support families to grow and stay healthy, while also...
View ArticleLabour to bypass select committee on paid parental leave
Stuff reports: Paid parental leave provisions will be progressively increased to 26 weeks by July 2020. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement on Monday as part of the new government’s...
View ArticleLabour blocking flexibility for paid parental leave
Stuff reports: The Government intends to block moves from National that would amend its paid parental leave extension so both parents of a newborn could take leave together. Such a change could be...
View ArticleLabour MPs supporting National’s paid parental leave change
Newshub reports: Speaking on Tuesday morning, acting Prime Minister Kelvin Davis appeared to cold-shoulder National’s idea, saying Labour is happy with the bill as is. “We’re really excited by the fact...
View ArticleGarner on why Dads matter
Duncan Garner writes: I’ve never felt so out of my depth as I did when my first daughter decided to invade the planet. Hopeless, useless and sleepless, that was me. No book, no midwife, no mother or...
View ArticleJenna Lynch on paid parental leave
Jenna Lynch writes at Newshub: Surely people should be able to choose how they’d like to kick off their lives as parents. Aside from the fact that it is a special time in a parent’s life to spend...
View ArticleWhy paid parental leave should be available to fathers
The Herald reports: A Christchurch father whose partner died after childbirth has been left struggling to get paid parental leave due to a gap in legislation. The man’s partner was due to be a...
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