ian wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 11:51am:



Yes, of course homosexual couples with children are entitled to Parental Leave.

They're parents.

At a time of massive and recurring layoffs - I would want to look at each case individually - which is what I believe is required by law (correct me if I'm wrong).

I can imagine that many employers would not want to take the extra burden of having an trained employee out of action for an extended period of time - it costs, after all 3-4 times to replace a trained person than it does to retain them, and then there are no guarantees that the replacement will do the job in the same predictable manner as the one replaced.  Not only that, but it is disruptive to have a person in and out all the time and then, when returned, perhaps having ongoing commitments outside of work.  Bosses thrive on predictability in an unpredictable environment... (sighs - says the world's greatest improviser - I watched the program on Apollo 13, on which a clansman was Flight Controller, and it would appear that such improvisation runs in the family)...

Since the actual payment is not by the employer - those would almost certainly be the reasons.

I sincerely hesitate to believe that an employer would be foolish enough to fly against this...

Thought:-  I take it that an unemployed woman would not receive this government largesse? Maybe I need to think this one through before I hunker down for campaign discussions later this month...with the genuine opposition party...

It's either one shoe fits all or none... be careful what you wish for....