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Question 6: Maternity Leave
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1: Does your company have leadership commitment and support for gender equality and women's empowerment?
2: Does your company have a non-discrimination and equal opportunity policy, either stand-alone or clearly included in a broader corporate policy?
3: Does your company have an approach to ensure non-discrimination and equal opportunity in recruitment processes?
4: Does your company have an approach to ensure non-discrimination and equal opportunity in professional development and promotion processes?
5: Does your company have an approach to ensure women and men are compensated equally?
6: Does your company offer and support paid maternity leave?
7: Does your company offer and support paid paternity leave?
8: Does your company have an approach to support employees as parents and caregivers?
9: Does your company have an approach to accommodate the work/life balance of all employees?
10: Does your company have an approach to ensure a world of work free from violence and harassment, including gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH)?
11: Does your company have an approach to address the specific health, safety, and hygiene needs of employees, with particular attention to those of women at work and while commuting to work?
12: Does your company have an approach to promote access to quality health services that meet the specific health needs of women employees?
13: Does your company have an approach to gender-responsive procurement (GRP) that expands relationships with women-owned and gender-responsive businesses?
14: Does your company encourage suppliers and vendors to advance performance on gender equality?
15: Does your company have an approach to responsible marketing that eradicates harmful stereotypes in all media and advertising content?
16: Does your company have an approach to assess differential impacts on women and men when developing products and/or services?
17: Does your company have policies and processes in place to ensure the responsibility to respect the rights of women and girls in the local communities in which it operates?
18: Does your company have an approach to embed gender equality in its sustainability strategy, community investment, public advocacy, and multi-stakeholder partnerships?
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Does your company offer and support paid maternity leave?
Select an option:
Yes, our company offers and supports paid maternity leave.
No, our company currently does not have an approach, but:
Please select all that apply:
Commitment
Has a Paid Maternity Leave Policy:
Above the ILO Convention 183 minimum of 14 paid weeks and aligned with or above the ILO Recommendation 191 target of 18 weeks, or regulatory requirements (whichever is higher)
Aligned with the ILO's Convention 183 on Maternity Protection of 14 weeks
Above the ILO Convention of 14 weeks paid weeks or regulatory requirements in the country it operates (whichever is higher)
Communicates maternity leave policies to all employees and notifies employees of any changes
This policy extends to employees that adopt children
Implementation
Informs employees of major changes at work while they are on leave
Provides mentorship/ succession planning before going on maternity leave
Provides
financial support
for replacement staff and training or support to managers supervising employees on maternity leave
Consults with female employees or conducts employee surveys to determine if maternity leave benefits meet employee needs
Includes return-to-work programmes (e.g. flexible scheduling, phased re-integration, mentorship, and childcare resources)
Measurement
Tracks the number of women who take maternity leave
Tracks retention after maternity leave
Transparency
Reports publicly to company
stakeholders
on the number of women that took maternity leave and the return to work and retention rates
Reports to the board on the number of women that took maternity leave and their return to work and retention rates
We are interested in learning more.
We plan to take steps in the next year.
Some of our country offices or business units have taken steps.
None of the above.
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