Parents decline family leave because of cost and career concerns

DutchNews.nl— More than a quarter of new parents do not use their right to take time off work to look after their children, new figures show. Parents have been entitled to nine weeks’ absence from work since August 2022, but on average mothers take 6.9 weeks while fathers claim 6.2 weeks. Financial concerns were the main reason for both men and women to forgo their allocation, research by Robidus, a subsidiary of insurance company a.s.r., found. Parents receive 70% of their

Herald.ie—‘Shelbourne really has held our family together. Families come and go in football terms, but Shels is a family. The league is a family’. Brothers Eric and Maurice Frazer gaze out across Tolka Park as the groundsman is putting the finishing touches to the pitch. It’s Friday night, it’s Shelbourne against St Patrick’s Athletic and a big derby awaits on Dublin’s northside.

CHCH—Family concerned for well-being of missing Hamilton man. Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 31-year-old Hamilton man who was last seen at the end of March. Robert O’Toole is described as a white man, five-foot-eleven, 160 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen on Mar. 22 in the area of Vine Street in downtown […]

WHNT.com—Parents of special needs athletes concerned about the lack of a coordinator. There’s growing concern from parents of special needs athletes in Decatur who fear that the city’s plans to replace the Recreation Coordinator- Therapeutics position is moving too slowly.