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14-11-2017, 08:54 PM
#151
Originally Posted by iceman
Not a good start and one would think the Government would have bigger fish to fry at the start. Buy obviously that does not include allowing parents to choose which one of them stays home to look after the newborns. Labour knows best https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...parental-leave
Sounds familiar ?
Actually you got that wrong. Labour is fine with parents choosing which one takes the paid parental leave. What they are not fine with is National’s suggestion that both parents take leave at the same time for a shorter total period of leave.
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15-11-2017, 01:44 AM
#152
Originally Posted by justakiwi
Actually you got that wrong. Labour is fine with parents choosing which one takes the paid parental leave. What they are not fine with is National’s suggestion that both parents take leave at the same time for a shorter total period of leave.
Any idea what their problem is with parents having a bit of a choice, whether home togethr for some of it or not ? I don´t understand what the issue is for them.
Last year my son and daughter in-law. who live in another country, took leave for 3 months at the same time as they had the newborn and a 2 year old. They can take 3 months each of non-trabsferable (together or separately) parental leave and another 3 months of transferable parental leave. 9 months in total if fully utilized. They said the 3 months together was a great thing to be able to do. But not in NZ apparently, according to Labour !!
Last edited by iceman; 15-11-2017 at 02:27 AM.
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15-11-2017, 08:40 AM
#153
Originally Posted by iceman
Any idea what their problem is with parents having a bit of a choice, whether home togethr for some of it or not ? I don´t understand what the issue is for them.
Last year my son and daughter in-law. who live in another country, took leave for 3 months at the same time as they had the newborn and a 2 year old. They can take 3 months each of non-trabsferable (together or separately) parental leave and another 3 months of transferable parental leave. 9 months in total if fully utilized. They said the 3 months together was a great thing to be able to do. But not in NZ apparently, according to Labour !!
Simple. Labour has committed to extending the period of paid parental leave (for one parent) to 22 weeks initially, up to 26 in 2020. There are several ideas behind this. That provides a significant chunk of time for one parent to focus on bonding with their baby, establishing breastfeeding (if its Mum), recovering from birth especially if it was a birth requiring medical intervention. The NZ College of Midwives has come out in support of this initiative.
For some strange reason National has (apparently suddenly, unless I missed something) decided it would be best to give both parents leave at the same time, but only half the amount of leave. Which kind of defeats the purpose of increasing the period of leave in the first place. So of course Labour isn’t going to buy into that suggestion.
Your son’s scenario above is an awesome idea and I agree that taking the first 3 months off together would be invaluable. But in that scenario your daughter in law could then still take another 3 months off if she wished - so 6 months for Mum. I doubt even National would support that kind of arrangement as the cost in this country would be pretty significant.
I understand where Labour is coming from. I also see some merit in what National is proposing but I don’t think 3 months is enough. It can easily take a good 6 weeks or more to establish breastfeeding alone.
Labour has has started things rolling with the increase in the number of weeks of leave. Down the track they may well re-visit it and make some changes. But reducing the total amount of leave would be a backward step and I don’t see it happening.
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15-11-2017, 08:55 AM
#154
So the economists who said their wasn't a big hole in Labours plans (ie who said Joyce was wrong) are now worried about rising debt
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/988...n-labours-plan
”When investors are euphoric, they are incapable of recognising euphoria itself “
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15-11-2017, 08:59 AM
#155
Originally Posted by winner69
Hasn't taken long to find the hole. Just a matter of how deep it is, but Joyce's figures are looking pretty accurate.
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15-11-2017, 09:19 AM
#156
Originally Posted by fungus pudding
Hasn't taken long to find the hole. Just a matter of how deep it is, but Joyce's figures are looking pretty accurate.
we be all honky dory by 2022 though ...no worries
”When investors are euphoric, they are incapable of recognising euphoria itself “
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15-11-2017, 09:26 AM
#157
Originally Posted by fungus pudding
Hasn't taken long to find the hole. Just a matter of how deep it is, but Joyce's figures are looking pretty accurate.
No they are not accurate. Not all of the forward expenditure taken into account by Mr Joyce has been factored in yet. Even Mr Robertson in QT 14 November is back tracking on the debt repayment rate. (Not sure I would count him as an expert though.)
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15-11-2017, 09:32 AM
#158
Originally Posted by artemis
No they are not accurate. Not all of the forward expenditure taken into account by Mr Joyce has been factored in yet. Even Mr Robertson in QT 14 November is back tracking on the debt repayment rate. (Not sure I would count him as an expert though.)
so its actrually a lot worse?
”When investors are euphoric, they are incapable of recognising euphoria itself “
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15-11-2017, 09:36 AM
#159
Originally Posted by justakiwi
Simple. Labour has committed to extending the period of paid parental leave (for one parent) to 22 weeks initially, up to 26 in 2020. There are several ideas behind this. That provides a significant chunk of time for one parent to focus on bonding with their baby, establishing breastfeeding (if its Mum), recovering from birth especially if it was a birth requiring medical intervention. The NZ College of Midwives has come out in support of this initiative.
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Seems inconsistent with extended parental leave provisions which essentially provides for 2 parents sharing up to 12 months between them.
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15-11-2017, 10:42 AM
#160
Originally Posted by minimoke
Seems inconsistent with extended parental leave provisions which essentially provides for 2 parents sharing up to 12 months between them.
If we are going to have paid parental leave, the parents should decide for themselves how they want to use it, not the Gummit
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