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Working grandparents.......
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Lynda ~ | Report | 4 Oct 2015 18:10 |
........to share parental leave and pay. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 4 Oct 2015 22:54 |
Am I a total cynic, or does the last paragraph imply it's more important the parents get back to work, thereby implying the grandparent's job can't be as important? |
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Elizabeth2469049 | Report | 4 Oct 2015 23:07 |
My daughter negotiated with her employers (a care home) to have always the same two days off so that she can care for her two grandchildren (in a family where both parents need to work full time). I think she in her fifties would be worried about the question of her future employability if she had asked to take such paid parental time off to enable parents to get back to work sooner. |
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Lyndi | Report | 5 Oct 2015 17:40 |
Maybe it has changed now but the last 12 weeks of maternity leave was unpaid when my daughter returned to work after having my four year old granddaughter. Luckily I had retired so I took over, if I had been still working guess I would have got the unpaid weeks lol :-D |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 5 Oct 2015 20:39 |
I had children - our responsibility. |
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Lynda ~ | Report | 5 Oct 2015 20:53 |
I've looked after, at some point, all of my grandchildren, not because I was asked to, they all had a nursery to go to, but because I wanted to, I cut back on my working hours to do so, it gave me time with them, that I treasure. I have a great relationship with all of them, like I did with my Grandparents, and as my children had with theirs. |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 5 Oct 2015 20:57 |
I was fortunate in that I did not work when I had g.children and thoroughly enjoyed many hours wiwth my g.children but I feel that if g.parents are working it is because the y need to - not because they have to. |
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Lyndi | Report | 5 Oct 2015 21:13 |
I don't think it would work either Lynda - it was bad enough covering all the maternity and paternity leave when I was working. |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 5 Oct 2015 21:36 |
I love looking after my Grandson, |
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