Receiving Help with Childcare Costs from Employers and Receiving a Tax Break

The development of policy changes that support fathers increased participation in family life will be a significant social development of the twenty first century (Brien, 2013). Policy development is heavily influenced by the government’s ideology, lobbying of special interest groups, economic viability, community attitudes, current trends (McClelland & Smyth, 2014), societal norms and culture (Cameron and Moss, 2007). Often, as seen in Australia’s current policy the government focuses on developments targeted at providing support for the main carer, frequently the mother, while the main breadwinner, frequently the fathers, are left out of policy development (Finch, 2006). It has been argued by some that if paid parental leave is not taken

Take a moment to think about this: you and your significant other just took the step to become parents. Though you are young, you both believed it was time and went ahead and brought a baby into your lives. Staring at your baby and your spouse with loving eyes, you do not think life can get any better. However blissful life may seem, things soon come crashing down. You and your significant other work average wage jobs and are having a hard-enough time supporting each other, and now the cost of diapers, clothes, furniture, formula and baby food are creeping in on you and sucking the life out of your bank account. You want to spend time with your new bundle of joy, but suddenly, your baby is being ripped out of your hands and being sent to an

The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into a current legislation and conduct background research, and inform the legislator of my own views on this issue. This paper will also provide the effect of the Family and Consumer Sciences mission, through social policy and legislative channels, in regards to children and families tied to concerns surrounding them and their communities. Through this paper, I will be conducting research on California Family Code Section 3900: Duty of Parent to Support Child as well as the subsections that follows under this chapter (3901 & 3902). I will provide an insight on how unemployment and poverty affect non-custodial parents as well as the role strain of child support on fatherhood.

My pay is £433 a month which is paid Into my bank account in or around the 23rd of each month. I am also entitled to £150 bonus every 3 months; this is given to each staff member if they haven’t had a sick day or

However wages are low but this doesn’t affect people who live here, as housing is considerably cheaper then the rest of the UK despite where it’s situated. This also means that people can buy more for their money and a standard 4-bedroom house will be relatively cheaper then if you were to buy one in Bath for example!

In the spirit of debate I speak to the following representatives/senators of the concept bill C addresses. Should parents be forced to suffer financially and mentally because they gave birth to a baby? They should not and I am in affirmation of this bill because it protects families from financial stress and has health benefits to the mothers and their children.

Is America falling behind the rest of the world in terms of the services it provides? As a proud citizen of this great nation I, unfortunately, have to say “yes.” Our once outstanding country has been falling behind in a number of areas including technology, education, economics, and yes, even in family care! America is now one of only three industrialized countries that hasn’t set up a nationwide policy for paid parental leave. With this knowledge I desired to know more, particularly if we as a nation are not doing much to rectify the situation. Then, to learn if any states were doing something about this issue which effects so many people in the workforce. I wanted to see exactly how far behind, compared to the rest world, we are in the issue of paid parental leave. The Pew Research Center conducted a study of government supported leave in 38 OECD countries, and found that the US had the lowest figures with zero weeks of paid leave. Though we did fare better when it came to the number of weeks provided for protected leave with 12 weeks. We were still far worse than most other OECD countries (see Figure 1 at right). Knowing that we were rated worse I wanted to know what people are saying that we can and should be doing to change this situation?

Pregnancy and early child development is a fundamental aspect of human society, and is pertinent to the development of a successfully functioning community. The developmental and social progress of any civilization relies on children, as they will compose the future working population. Therefore, a mother or father’s involvement in the child’s development is of extreme importance, which is why family leave has been implemented all over the world. Family leave refers to the period of time granted to the employee to care for their newborn child. As communities evolve economically, financial stability is necessary, for what is perceived to be socially successful for a child’s development, which is why paid family leave is popular throughout the world’s nations. However, ABC News reports that “the U.S. is only one of three countries in the world that don't offer paid maternity leave” (Kim, 2015); the same is true for paternity leave. The United States government has an interesting track record dealing with family leave, but in order to analyze what the US government and advocacy groups have done to solve this issue, there first needs to be an understanding on why this issue is so difficult to resolve. The arguments that support and oppose paid family leave in the United States are equally valid, therefore causing a stalemate in the attempted policy making of legislative bodies.

Having an above average sex life may depend on one factor among others: dividing not only bed sheets but also everyday tasks of child care. But since the US is the only developed nation that doesn’t require companies to provide mothers or fathers any paid parental leave http://www.ilo.org/global/publications/ilo-bookstore/order-online/books/WCMS_242615/lang--en/index.htm, is this report really meaningful?

Poverty remains a topic of discussion of every political debate, and the focus of many politicians and public health activists. Yet, thirty seven million Americans still live below the official poverty level.1 With a focus of work, when exploring the topic of poverty, three types can be identified: the unemployed, the working poor, and those not in the labor market (people with disabilities and retired seniors). In order to cut poverty in half, jobs need to be made available, work must pay, reduction of obstacles to work, and a need to help seniors and adults with disabilities.2 One very large and influential obstacle preventing work, is childcare. By expanding assistance and access to childcare for low-income families, we not only promote

The lack of a paid parental leave law in the country does not necessarily mean that it is absent in the U.S. labor market. Some generous and more progressive companies do recognize the importance of the leave to employees and do offer it. According to the Employee Benefits Survey of 2015, 21% of employers nationally offer some paid maternity leave while 17% offer some paid paternity/adoption leave. However, about a fifth don’t have any kind of protected maternity, paternity, or adoptive leave. (Ray, 8; Time, n. pag.)

The National adoption Agency defines foster care as “a temporary arrangement in which adults provide for the care of a child or children whose birthparent is unable to care for them. Foster care is not where juvenile delinquents go. It is where children go when their parents cannot, for a variety of reasons, care for them. Foster care can be informal or arranged through the courts or a social service agency. The goal for a child in the foster care system is usually reunification with the birth family, but may be changed to adoption when this is seen in the child 's best interest. While foster care is temporary, adoption is permanent.” (Unknown, 2015)

Paid parental leave should be equal and for both parents once a child is born

It is believe that child benefits are quite important for parents to cope with the cost of rearing their children. The Cambridge Dictionary (2015) has defined child benefit as ‘money received regularly by families from the government to help pay for costs of taking care of children’. In the United Kingdom, the government has changed the child benefits policy in 2013. Child benefits are no longer available to every household. Individuals who earn above £50,000 a year will lose some of their benefit, and entirely withdrawn for individuals earning beyond £60,000 each year. This rule leads to a considerable effect to the people in the UK. It has diminished the entitlement of approximately 1.2 million households (BBC, 2015). In this essay, I will describe this policy as well as the labour supply model, then by using the standard labour supply model, investigate how this shift in child benefits will influence labour supply decisions for a single mother with two children who is capable of finding work at £30 per hour.

In 2013 changes in child benefits came into effect in the UK. In particular, child benefit was gradually withdrawn from individuals earning over £50,000 a year and completely withdrawn for individuals earning more than £60,000 a year. Investigate, using the standard labour supply model, how this change in benefits will affect labour supply decisions for a single mother with two children who is able to find work at £30/hour. Assume that she would opt-out of maximum working time regulation in case this becomes relevant. Finally, the measure of income used in the actual calculation is “adjusted net income”, which is equal to gross income minus pension contributions and several other things. For this essay assume that