maternity leave
a leave of absence for an expectant or new mother for the birth and care of the baby.
Origin of maternity leave
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How to use maternity leave in a sentence
The agency has since enhanced its SPL so employees who have worked there more than a year can take 13 weeks full pay before reverting to statutory, and those with four years service can access 26 weeks full pay — on par with its maternity leave.
My wife was on maternity leave while our 6-month-old son was starting to army-crawl.
For example, vesting schedules with a stop vesting provision that activates when taking maternity leave has a disproportionately negative impact on women.
‘Touchdown spaces’, blended meetings and proximity bias: businesses tackle practical realities of hybrid models | Jessica Davies | April 26, 2021 | DigidayI had been at my job for 10 months when my daughter was born, not enough time to qualify for maternity leave.
What the pandemic teaches us about the need for parental leave | Victoria Livingstone | March 4, 2021 | Washington PostWhat would have been a short maternity leave — she was off from his birth in August until November — will end up being a year with her 14-month-old son.
“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.
Idaho Woman Who Gave Birth on Highway: ‘I Had to Pull My Pants Down to Get the Baby Out’ | Dale Eisinger | July 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne finding with potential political implications is widespread support for paid maternity leave, even among Republicans.
British Dictionary definitions for 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
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