Maternityleave

  • NewsJane Howdle

    This Writer Believes Childless Women Should Also Get Time Off As ‘ME-Ternity Leave’

    Meghann Foye became fed up with her co-workers heading off on maternity leave, and decided she wanted a bit of a career break herself. Dubbing it “meternity” leave, Meghann quit her job as a magazine editor aged 31 to spend 18-months travelling and working on her aptly-named novel, Meternity - about a woman who fakes her pregnancy. Now 38, Meghann told New York Post: “I couldn’t help but feel envious when parents on staff left the office at 6pm to tend to their children, while it was assumed c

  • NewsAOL

    Business face £2bn maternity pay bill

    A new plan passed by an EU committee could leave businesses facing further financial difficulties. The European Parliament has put forward plans to treble maternity pay, forcing firms to pay new mothers a full salary for at least 20 weeks.Top

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