| Maternity scheme: Centre, States pulled up | | Posted Friday, February 02, 2007 12:46:04 PM by Blog57 Team | | New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Centre and the States for tardy implementation of the National Maternity Benefit Scheme (NMBS). The NMBS, a 100 per cent Centrally sponsored scheme, provides for financial assistance at the rate of Rs. 500 a birth for the first two live births to women who are 19 years or above belonging to Below Poverty Level families. A Bench of Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice S.H. Kapadia, hearing an application from People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), asked the Centre and the States to file their response in four weeks to the suggestions contained in the application. The petitioner brought to the notice of the court that the "NMBS benefits continue only on paper and lakhs of poor women in the rural areas have been denied the benefit. The State governments have implemented the scheme to a bare minimum level, and are left with huge unutilised funds, despite the fact that they receive dwindling outlays by the Government of India every successive year." The PUCL submitted that the Centre not only failed to effectively monitor the scheme but also contributed to the poor performance of the State governments through cumbersome procedures of sanctioning funds.... | |
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| | | Veterans to present gift to newborn | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:47:00 AM by Blog57 Team | | One lucky newborn will receive a head start from Uncle Sam today at Memorial Medical Center's Maternity Department.Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 364 have commemorated Veterans Day by presenting the first baby born that day in Johnstown with a $50 savings bond, and this year they're keeping the tradition alive. “We have found that many of the newborns who receive the bond have family members such as grandparents, uncles and even parents who are veterans," said Tom Haberkorn, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 364 president. “This is our way to help the next generation, a baby that could even end up being a future veteran.“We feel it's important to commemorate Veterans Day in order to remember all the men and women who have given their time, and sacrificed to preserve the freedoms we all enjoy," said Haberkorn.... | |
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| | | Mums-to-be told: You're safe in our hands | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:46:41 AM by Blog57 Team | | A MATERNITY chief has reassured pregnant women that they are in no danger from a shortage of midwives at King George Hospital. Gill Walton, director of midwifery at the hospital in Barley Lane, Goodmayes, was responding to our story last week which revealed that up to five women give birth in the same bed every day at the hospital. Figures showed that on average 46 babies are born to one midwife each year at the hospital - two higher than the London average.Mrs Walton said: "In common with other maternity units in London we have very busy times and we do have a shortage of midwives.""However, we make sure that safe care in labour is a priority, so staff shortages affect other less critical parts of the service, such as parent craft classes." She added that the shortage would be addressed when part of the unit moved to the new Queen's Hospital in Romford in December.... | |
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| | | Community Invited To Tour Oswego Hospital s New Maternity Center/Intensive Care Unit | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:46:41 AM by Blog57 Team | | OSWEGO, NY - The community is invited to celebrate the opening of Oswego Hospitals new maternity center and intensive care unit (ICU) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4. During the free celebration, tours of the new departments will be given. There will also be childrens activities, raffles and refreshments. We are very proud to show off our new maternity center and ICU to the community, said Oswego Hospital CEO/Administer Corte Spencer. Both of these clinical centers feature the latest in medical technology in areas that are more private and comfortable for the patient and their family. The opening also marks the completion of our three-year $34 million renewal project. We hope the community will come on Nov. 4 to see these beautiful new areas and enjoy a fun day of activities.... | |
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| | | Work-life balance: sadly, the struggle continues | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:46:27 PM by Blog57 Team | | IF YOU'RE a working mother with young children then it seems you fall into one of two categories: lucky or unlucky, blessed with choices or hostage to circumstance. In the first case, you are the long-term employee of an established company and your transition to parenthood was made easier by access to paid maternity leave. If you're in the second category, on the other hand, you were forced to cobble together entitlements such as holidays or sick leave to ensure time off and income support after childbirth. Maybe you don't get paid maternity leave because you're self-employed or too new on the job to claim such privileges. Maybe the financial strain this puts on your family compels you to return to work almost immediately after childbirth. This two-tiered experience for working mothers is the disturbing finding of a landmark Australian Bureau of Statistics survey.... | |
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| | | TEMPORARY MATERNITY COVERS | | Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:46:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | Salary fully negotiable and including ADT College Allowance (1,350). Recruitment points will be considered. Applications are invited for well-qualified, committed and enthusiastic teachers in both Science and Modern Foreign Languages, to provide temporary cover for two maternity absentees from January 2007 for the remainder of the College year in the first instance. The Scientist will preferably be a Chemistry specialist while the Linguist will be able to deliver both French and German. For both posts, an ability to teach right across Key Stages 3 to 5 is desirable. ADT College is a highly successful City Technology College (CTC) in south west London that opened in September 1991. One of 15 original CTCs established in inner city and urban areas, ADT is a school built on a partnership between industry, commerce and education to provide high quality and well resourced facilities for the education of young people aged between 11 and 19.... | |
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| | | Surrogate in Japan gives birth to grandchild | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:52:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | A woman in her 50s gave birth last year to a child using an egg from her daughter and sperm from the daughter's husband, the maternity clinic director who supervised the procedure announced Saturday. This is the first time in Japan that a woman has acted as a surrogate mother for her daughter. The woman did so since her daughter, who is in her 30s, had her womb removed and is unable to conceive children, said Yahiro Netsu, director of the Suwa Maternity Clinic in Shimosuwamachi. .... | |
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| | | The world has now become a global game | | Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:46:33 AM by Blog57 Team | | New laws governing maternity pay came into effect last week and will apply to women who have a baby on or after April 1 next year. Before October 1, the legislation said that women could take a year off work but need only be paid for the first six months of that time. For many women, that effectively meant they went back after six months as they and their families couldn't afford the financial struggle of six more months with no money coming in at all. The new rules, however, extend the rights of women considerably. There are three main changes. Firstly, the extension of statutory maternity pay from 26 weeks to 39 weeks (nine months) - a 50% increase. Under the new rules, the first six weeks will be paid at 90% of salary and the rest at £110 per week.... | |
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| | | Equal pay defeat for women who go on maternity leave | | Posted Wednesday, October 04, 2006 2:46:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | Women who take maternity leave do not have the right to claim as much pay as male colleagues doing the same job who have not had time off, European judges ruled yesterday. A claim that female employees who have had to take leave for reasons such as pregnancy should be paid the same as men who have not was thrown out by Europe's top court. See also... • One year's maternity leave for all mothers regardless of length of time with company • Breastfeeding doesn't make babies more intelligent • More: Super parents spending longer with children than 30 years ago The ruling was hailed by British business as a 'victory for common sense'. As men would have served for longer and therefore have more experience, they can legally be paid higher salaries, the court said.... | |
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| | | Maternity Retailer Answers The Competition | | Posted Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:46:24 PM by Blog57 Team | | When competition toughened among maternity clothiers three years ago, Mothers Work President Rebecca Matthias wasted no time taking action to fight it. The maternity clothes retailer runs over 800 stores under the Motherhood Maternity, A Pea in the Pod, Mimi Maternity and Destination Maternity names. It also has leased departments in over 700 stores such as Macy's and Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD - News). Around 2003, Mothers Work (NASDAQ:MWRK - News) started to see aggressive rivalry from players such as discounter Target (NYSE:TGT - News), which upped its maternity clothes lineup with the launch of a collection named after the field's known designer Liz Lange. Newcomers also invaded Mothers Work's turf, including clothing chain Charming Shoppes (NASDAQ:CHRS - News), which debuted maternity wear in its Fashion Bug stores in 2004.... | |
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