Full pay for nearly five months. I want to cry.https://twitter.com/othersociology/status/870244664774979584 …
Why industry is far ahead - they already see a "business case" for retention & productivity linked to parental leave. Value carers at work!
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So true. My public university offers TWO WEEKS paid parental leave. You have to plunder your sick time for the rest.
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Friend considered carefully parental leave/PTO/Sick leave policies while on the market--planning on kids in the next 5 yrs.
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Took admin job at inst that didn't have great parental leave but 3 wks PTO & when she asked if it accumulated year over year they said yes.
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Found out after she was hired that "3 wks" meant "uni is closed two weeks a year and you still get paid" and only 5 actual days of PTO.
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Sick leave also ended up being less flexible than promised and HR implied she couldn't use it in conjunction with parental
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What a nightmare! "Why do we lose women in academic settings?" What a mystery. Just how do they get pushed off the career track?
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Faculty colleagues seriously told, some yrs ago that reason leave policy was so bad was they should just plan pregnancies for summer break
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This was at my own institution. Policy has since been reformed (of course, had to be spearheaded by a father, not a woman, to get done)
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We get up to twelve months, or you can take less and start part time or share part time with your partner. Officially, by law.
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