maternity leave

noun

a leave of absence for an expectant or new mother for the birth and care of the baby.

maternity leave

a period of paid absence from work, in Britain currently six months, to which a woman is legally entitled during the months immediately before and after childbirth

First recorded in 1965–70

“He was talking about getting rid of Savannah two weeks off her maternity leave,” says the NBC News type.

Maternity leave and all that stuff is super important to me.

In a familiar story, the U.S. has no law guaranteeing any paid maternity leave and is the only industrialized nation to do so.

“I was trying to get everything together for maternity leave,” Uriguen says.

One finding with potential political implications is widespread support for paid maternity leave, even among Republicans.

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