101 Recording of Absences (Attendance) [1] [rev. Oct 1999] 102 Hours of Work [2] [rev. Oct 1999] 103 Vacation Leave [3] [rev. Aug 2004] 104 Sick Leave [4] [rev. Nov 1999] 105 Membership Fees [5] [rev. Oct 1999] 106 Termination [6] [rev. Oct 1999] 107 Acting Pay [7] [rev. Nov 1999] 108 Professional Development Reimbursement [8] [rev. Jul 2005] 109 Self-Funded Leave, see Policy 501Leave of Absenc...

101 Recording of Absences (Attendance) [1] [rev. Oct 1999] 102 Hours of Work [2] [rev. Oct 1999] 103 Vacation Leave [3] [rev. Aug 2004] 104 Sick Leave [4] [rev. Nov 1999] 105 Membership Fees [5] [rev. Oct 1999] 106 Termination [6] [rev. Oct 1999] 107 Acting Pay [7] [rev. Nov 1999] 108 Professional Development Reimbursement [8] [rev. Jul 2005] 109 Self-Funded Leave, see Policy 501Leave of Absenc...

An important, but largely unexplored, class of bargaining problems involve two negotiators, who send signals to a third party. One of the most important, but simple, cases within this class is the policy-setting process between Congress and the president. We develop a model where Congress makes a makes a take-it-orleave-it o er to the president (a bill), who either accepts or rejects (signs or ...

Declining birth rates in Europe over the last 30 years have often been associated with changes in family structure and with increased female labour market participation. In order to understand the changes in family formation, it is important to also take family relations and gender equality within the family into consideration. This article focuses on the division of housework (as a measurement...

The problem with the concept of work–life balance is that most of the onus of achieving such clarity and satisfaction is left to the employee. As a pediatric intensivist and mother of two, I am ruled by the demands and requirements imposed both by my employer and academic position and by my beautiful children. It is the culture around and perception of working mothers that needs to change – bot...

Sweden represents an interesting paradox in regards to egalitarian matters. It is considered one of the most egalitarian countries in the world, with strong norms about gender equality, and repeatedly ranks favourably and near the top of various measures of gender equality (e.g., Hausmann, Tyson, & Zahidi, 2012). There is a higher educational attainment for women than men, extensive legal and f...

Progress towards gender equality involves changes in the traditional parental division - female caring and male breadwinning. One aspect is increased parental leave for fathers, which may benefit the health of mothers, children, and fathers themselves. We examined how social and health characteristics (2002) were associated with paternity leave in excess of the 'father quota' of 60 days (2003-2...

Background The Sustainable development goals (SDGs) have the potential to have a significant impact on maternal and child health through their commitments both to directly addressing health services and to improving factors that form the foundation of social determinants of health. To achieve change at scale, national laws and policies have a critical role to play in implementing the SDGs' comm...

In this study, the utilization of temporary parental leave (leave from work to take care of a sick child) of single and cohabiting women is compared, both as regards the probability of taking temporary parental leave and the number of days taken. Since cohabiting women have the possibility of sharing the temporary parental leave needed with their partners, we would expect them to have a lower u...