Stacy Bunck on LinkedIn: New Measures to Protect Pregnant Workers (2024)

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act goes into effect on June 27th. This groundbreaking law is a big win for women in the workplace.Learn more:https://lnkd.in/gCbKHNkU#womeninbusiness #womenatwork #genderequity

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📧 Free, expert advice to help keep and engage parental returners 📧Is increasing the engagement and retention rates of women returning from maternity leave a priority for your organisation?If you’d like strategies you can use to support your women returners then please message us to receive Returning Works Engaging Parental Returners Newsletter.#maternity #newsletter #returntowork #womenreturners

Equality in the workplace is about education, confidence and support. It’s important to normalise things like having children. In the past, women have felt like a nuisance bearing children and they should never have felt this way. It’s a company's responsibility to put accepting initiatives in place. Take Salesforce for example, they have a $75k IVF initiative for their employees. And the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was just passed in the US. In order to normalise it, there needs to be equal treatment. This includes men. They should get a fair amount of parental leave too. Denmark has recently introduced new maternity/paternity rules - where each parent is entitled to 24 weeks, in the spirit of trying to “force” the fathers to take 24 weeks. It isn’t the perfect solution, but the intent behind it is equality, which is fantastic.Better support throughout and a more normalised environment where women never have to feel like a burden. #initiatives #responsibility #workplaceequality

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❗ Did you know that 85% of women leave full-time employment within three years of having a child?As a business with a healthy gender split, we recognise the positive impact a healthy workplace can have on its female employees, especially during maternity leave. Women may feel unsupported at work during pregnancy and maternity leave, which can lead to them seeking alternative jobs, adding to their stress.Another MWOTY 2023 winner has been advocating to abolish gender inequalities in the workplace, as well as acting as a source of guidance during these challenging times…🎉 The founder of Parent Promise, Emma Jarvis 💡, is this year’s winner of The Entrepreneur Award!🤰 Parent Promise is a collective which grew from Emma’s first business Dearbump. Parent Promise works with businesses to support employees throughout pregnancy and parenthood. She provides policy review, family friendly benefits and employee assistance, providing 1-2-1 midwifery access via instant messaging. ❤ Emma created the solution to help businesses support women’s health and improve gender equality in the workplace. Her work has enabled thousands of women to access expert reproductive health support, and she has reached women in more than 28 countries, helping them to gain safe access to experienced midwifes. 👪Emma’s mission to combat workplace imbalance surrounding pregnancy has been a triumph so far. Growing a family should be an enjoyable occasion but unfortunately too many women are distracted from the pleasure as they face challenges imposed by improper workplace policies. 🏆 Society craves champions like Emma who aim to increase awareness and proactively seek to reduce the number of women suffering alone. The Parent Promise is a beacon of light for women who may find themselves under a grey cloud. 👏 We’re so proud to give a spotlight to women like Emma so they can continue their journey of empowering other women.#fpc #entrepreneurs #businessowners #genderequity #workingparents

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Are you aware of the difficulties that women with children face when it comes to their careers? Check out the infographic below to learn some of the shocking facts, and head to the article for more information, including advice on how organisations can help. #genderequality #workingmothers #workingforyourtomorrowhttps://lnkd.in/dDkDPUN2

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😱 Did you know that it can take a DECADE for women to recover their career after having children?😔 And sadly, when considering the cost-of-childcare issues, barriers in accessing Shared Parental Leave and maternity-leave redundancies – to name just a few of the challenges – is it any wonder?Learn more about the barriers faced by working mothers in this article by Cara Marks CIPD, along with the advice she has for organisations about what they can do to help 👉 https://lnkd.in/epkpQcPY#workingmums #workingforyourtomorrow

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Are you aware of the difficulties that women with children face when it comes to their careers? Check out the infographic below to learn some of the shocking facts, and head to the article for more information, including advice on how organisations can help. #genderequality #wprkingmothers #workingforyourtomorrow

😱 Did you know that it can take a DECADE for women to recover their career after having children?😔 And sadly, when considering the cost-of-childcare issues, barriers in accessing Shared Parental Leave and maternity-leave redundancies – to name just a few of the challenges – is it any wonder?Learn more about the barriers faced by working mothers in this article byCara Marks CIPD, along with the advice she has for organisations about what they can do to help 👉https://lnkd.in/epkpQcPY#workingmums#workingforyourtomorrow

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Here I am almost one year ago today- 24 weeks pregnant with twins and about to do a full day mediation. As stated in the 2021 paper: "Pay Equity in the Legal Profession" by the CBA Women Lawyers Forum--One common refrain that emerged from the focus group discussions is that women of child-bearing age are perceived to be a potential flight risk and firms “are perpetually waiting for [them]…to leave.” This gendered perception arises because a female lawyer could get pregnant, whether or not they are pregnant or even have a desire to have children. Women are seen as “unpredictable” and can “flit in and out of a file and client relationship” because of potential maternity leave. The firm viewing women as “unpredictable” often results in holding back opportunities, which ultimately affects the lawyer’s compensation or bonus. With having #iwd2024 just pass by, I note that women do not want pizza lunches, cupcakes, or firm-wide social media posts sharing "happy #iwd." Women want to close the pay gap between them and their male counter-parts. We want law firms to take action. We want to not be penalized for being biologically capable of bearing children. We want sound maternity leave and pay policies in place. We want equality. Not pizza. As a female in the profession, I urge all mid-large level firms to implement pregnancy and parental leave policies for women. The Law Society of British Columbia has developed a Practice Resource that touches upon some of these ideas. The Law Society of British Columbia states:Law firms are strongly encouraged to adopt some form of written pregnancy and parental leave policy for a number of reasons, including the following:·Increasing transparency, objectivity, fairness and consistency in decision-making; ·Providing an internal procedure to process requests for leaves and benefits;·Enhancing a firm-wide acceptance that pregnancy and parental leaves are positive practices; ·Showing that the firm's management is committed to advancing inclusiveness and diversity at the firm and to providing the appropriate supports to new parents;·Communicating the firm's commitment to potential recruits, lawyers of the firm, and clients; and·Ensuring that the firm complies with its legal obligations, including under the British Columbia Human Rights Code.The link to the Law Society of British Columbia Practice Resource can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gxb8J2-d

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Happy International Women's DayTo empower #women, we need to accept, appreciate, and support each woman's choices. Women's empowerment is often misconceived as being limited to allowing women to work. However, it's much more than that. True empowerment is about authorizing women to make their own choices, dismantling #patriarchal structures, and fostering environments that accommodate their needs during menstruation, pregnancy, and other life stages.Hence, women's #empowerment should extend beyond their inclusion in the economic and political spheres...

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