Topic: maternity leave

While Caymanian mom Bethany Ebanks-Pacheco welcomed news that civil servants will benefit from increased parental leave, she says government missed a chance to announce similar benefits for the private sector.

As millions of women celebrate International Women's Day today, an advocacy group in the Cayman Islands has renewed calls for changes to local laws that would increase maternity leave.

As the Cayman Compass looked into the issue of the challenges that the existing, limited maternity leave scheme brings, mothers here openly shared the struggles they have encountered.

Deputy Premier Chris Saunders has pledged to make adjustments to local legislation to bring Cayman's employment benefit regime, including maternity and paternity leave entitlements, in line with international standards.

Local moms Bethany Ebanks-Pacheco and Lorren Stainton are on a mission to change Cayman's maternity leave entitlements which they say are wholly inadequate and below international standards.

Maternity leave in the private sector is 20 days shorter than that of mothers who work in the public sector. For moms like Kate Theron,...