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Manulife employee adopts 2 children with help from enhanced benefits offering

mdunne — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:00:54 +0000

Mandy Kwasnica and her husband’s lifelong dream to add children to their family has come true. The couple recently brought two children — Anya, 9, and Artem, 11 — to Canada after adopting them from the Ukraine (the new family of four is pictured above). “The second day we saw them, [Anya] had cards for […]

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Bumble rolls out paid leave for global employees

Jennifer Paterson — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 19:00:17 +0000

Bumble Inc. is introducing paid leave and a biannual company-wide week off for its global employees. The dating app, which has offices in Russia, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S., is rolling out the paid leave to ensure employees are caring for themselves outside of work, according to a statement. It includes: a minimum of […]

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Plan member’s adoption dream becoming reality thanks to benefits offering

mschmit — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 05:01:05 +0000

Mandy Kwasnica and her husband so desperately wanted to adopt they were ready to sink all of their money (and then some) into making their dream a reality. “Adoption is very, very expensive, but we knew in our hearts that this was the right move we were making,” recalls the manager of mortgage sales support at […]

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Manulife enhances family benefits for Canadian employees

mschmit — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 04:45:51 +0000

Manulife Financial Corp. is increasing its family leave support for Canadian employees, providing 20 weeks of paid maternity leave and 12 weeks of paid parental and adoption leave, effective Jan. 1, 2021. Canadian employees and their dependants also now have access to full gender affirmation coverage for both surgical and non-surgical treatments, as well as […]

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Saskatchewan proposes increase to maternity, adoptions leaves

mschmit — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 05:15:49 +0000

Saskatchewan is proposing an increase to maternity and adoption leaves, calling the suggested changes the longest time off in the country. A bill introduced in the legislature would allow new mothers to take 19 weeks off, one week more than they get now. The proposal would also align parental leave with new federal standards of 59 […]

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Lowe’s, Chipotle enhance parental benefits, offer $1,000 bonus to employees

mschmit — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:30:07 +0000

Lowe’s Companies Inc. is enhancing its maternity and parental leave benefits and adding adoption assistance for eligible American employees in light of the new U.S. tax reforms. Full-time hourly and salaried U.S. employees will receive 10 weeks of paid maternity leave and two weeks of paid parental leave; an adoption assistance benefit to cover up to $5,000 of the […]

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Walmart expands parental leave policy, adds new adoption benefit

mschmit — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:15:56 +0000

Walmart is expanding its maternity and parental leave benefits, adding a new adoption benefit, increasing its starting salary and providing a one-time cash bonus for eligible American employees in light of the new U.S. tax reforms. The expanded parental and maternity leave policy will provide full-time, hourly U.S.-based employees in with 10 weeks of paid maternity leave […]

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