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...Increase in monthly stipends, to $916, the French government will give any parent who takes one year of unpaid leave from work after the birth of his or her third child 1.9 Average number of children per woman in France, where the fertility rate must rise to 2.07 to prevent population decline...
Paternal leave is slowly starting to pick up, with 16% of companies furnishing paid time off for dads who want to stay home with their kids. Many others allow unpaid leaves. And big businesses aren't forgetting our furry friends: 4% offer pet insurance. Some even supply concierge help for finding a dog walker...
...Unique Management Services, an Indiana-based collection agency that specializes in libraries. Forget to return that book for more than 120 days, and even your credit rating can take a hit. A Boise, Idaho, family was denied a mortgage two weeks ago after a credit check turned up an unpaid library fine. Some libraries are pressing criminal charges. A paralegal in Massachusetts was arraigned last month on four counts of failing to return library materials, a misdemeanor. Says Peter Anderegg, the librarian who filed the complaint: "We give you books, and you bring them back in two weeks or else...
...cheerleaders from Henderson Middle School in East Texas are sitting on the grass at Southern Methodist University looking glumly at their sneakers as they're sized up by their "sponsor," who serves as unpaid coach, chaperone and shoulder to cry on. "Stunts, good. Cheer, good. But your spacing was off," says Tangela Washington. Her tone isn't angry, though it might sound harsh to a 13-year-old. The squad is about to face its first evaluation at a three-day summer camp run by the National Cheerleaders Association. "We've got to work like a team," Washington stresses...
...Directorate of Operations at the Agency was blown two years ago. What she will say about her life is that ?things have been busy-I have five-year-old twins.? She just returned to work at the CIA last month, her husband says, after an eight-month unpaid leave taken at her own request. She goes out to Langley five days a week, he says, but only part-time...