maternity leave
noun
: time off from a job given a mother to take care of a newborn child
The company granted her maternity leave.
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Britain’s new Labor government presented an employment bill to parliament proposing workplace reforms like better maternity leave and banning zero-hour contracts.
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Lindsey Leake, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024
And local governments have announced incentives including tax deductions, longer maternity leave and housing subsidies.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024
Koa was now ten months old, and Kimmy was officially stepping back into work after maternity leave by appearing in a video for her sponsor Burton.
—Kate Siber, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2024
No government action came on maternity leave or universal healthcare in the 1950s, and the Equal Pay Act failed to pass repeatedly, despite support from President Dwight Eisenhower.
—Melissa Blair / Made By History, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
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Lindsey Leake, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024
And local governments have announced incentives including tax deductions, longer maternity leave and housing subsidies.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 28 Sep. 2024
Koa was now ten months old, and Kimmy was officially stepping back into work after maternity leave by appearing in a video for her sponsor Burton.
—Kate Siber, Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2024
No government action came on maternity leave or universal healthcare in the 1950s, and the Equal Pay Act failed to pass repeatedly, despite support from President Dwight Eisenhower.
—Melissa Blair / Made By History, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Maternity leave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maternity%20leave. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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