Shota Tsurumi takes care of his daughter while on child care leave. (Photo courtesy of the individual) TOKYO -- Social media in Japan is rife with criticisms of people who take child care leave. A ...

The comment was made after the Ombudsman investigated a complaint against the Northern Area Health Board made by a father whose son was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome at two years and 10 months of ...

Senior officials face criticism after review found systemic failings plunged hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers into debt ...

The Department of Financial Assistance was given a supplementary of $911,000 to provide a monthly Personal Care Allowance of $100 to all Financial Assistance clients who reside in rest homes and ...

The Chief Executive of the Child and Family Agency Tusla has acknowledged the Foster Care Allowance needs to be addressed and said it will continue to advocate for a change to it. Bernard Gloster said ...

A father and son have lost their appeal over being refused a domiciliary care allowance over some 2½ years while the boy, who has a serious medical condition, was in hospital. The three judge Court of ...

Home care allowance has become a subject of heated inter-field debate. Recent research findings by economists suggest that the home care allowance in Finland negatively affects both mothers and ...

Some foster carers are experiencing "horrific" money issues as they continue to wait for extra financial support that was expected in April. More than 3,000 households are thought to be affected by ...

Amendments to the Child Day Care Allowance Act will create a “new tiered financial award specifically for child day care services,” Minister of Economy and Labour Jason Hayward said. Speaking in the ...

Child care costs are one of the largest barriers between families and their desired family size. A recent survey found that vast majorities of young, would-be parents see affordable child care as an ...

The allowance of Rs 1,500 per month given to differently-abled female employees for taking care of a newborn child will be doubled to Rs 3,000 per month. The Centre has doubled to Rs 3,000 per month ...

New Delhi: The Centre has doubled the child care allowance for women with disabilities to Rs 3,000 per month. At present, the allowance of Rs 1,500 per month is given to differently-abled female ...