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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Smith and Swanson are on maternity leave while Rodman is injured.
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Johnson Products offered maternity leave, profit-sharing, and health insurance.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Mostly because: moms are ready to return to work after their 18 month MINIMUM paid maternity leave, have free quality daycare, and because women is that culture are go getters and powerful career earners too.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
In 2020, the WNBA rectified their Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that included full salaries on maternity leave, a child care stipend, and benefits to support adoption, surrogacy and fertility treatments.
—Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Johnson Products offered maternity leave, profit-sharing, and health insurance.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Mostly because: moms are ready to return to work after their 18 month MINIMUM paid maternity leave, have free quality daycare, and because women is that culture are go getters and powerful career earners too.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
In 2020, the WNBA rectified their Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that included full salaries on maternity leave, a child care stipend, and benefits to support adoption, surrogacy and fertility treatments.
—Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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“Maternity leave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maternity%20leave. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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