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Fathers win: ConCourt ruling allows parents to share four-month leave, ending maternal bias

  • Bias Rating
  • Reliability

    20% ReliableLimited

  • Policy Leaning

    28% Somewhat Right

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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12% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : In November 2023, IOL reported that Human rights organisations had welcomed the landmark high court judgment that found the existing maternity provisions under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act unconstitutional as they unfairly discriminated against various types of parents.
40% : The Van Wyk Case and the Fight for Equality The matter, which originated with the application brought by Werner van Wyk and others, challenged the existing provisions in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) and the Unemployment Insurance Act (UIF Act).

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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