Ummm you are posting.. but are you saying anything ? LOL
Maternity leave is only a short term solution, it only happens
when the baby is newborn. What are you going to do about parents
who needs to take care of their children when child care cannot
?
You may be very lucky to have a flexible manager.
There are many others who arn't so lucky.. and that where the
government policy comes in ....to protect the workers.
The policies/laws are not to punish the good.. it's really to
punish the bad.
As long as the policy is a reasonable and well thought out one..
employees will not be able to abuse it.
And why would protecting employee welfare makes foreign hires
more desirable ? The policy applies to FT as well. Duh ~
well , my ex colleague's kid's already 4 and she still takes all
sorts of funny child related leave i've never heard of, another
male colleague was given the same option for his kid when she was
7? so where i used to work age didn't seem to be a factor?
bottomline was as long as work isn't affect anything goes.
there is no policy in the world that cannot be abused only
whether there's anyone trying. just as you've advocated moving with
the times, once a policy/law has been passed, you'll get people who
"upgrade" themselves to deal with the policy. just like declaring
something unbreakable would have people try to til someone
succeeds.
and i'm not against protecting employee welfare, just the more
extreme sides of it. on quiting my 2nd job, my boss had me signing
a letter to declare i have already received all my pay when i
suggested a more flexible method to resolving payment at the
time.
and when it comes to FTs........ at least for some employers
they're more flexible and cheaper but it depends on the country of
origin and the way the're hired or fired.
