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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Sweden was also the first country to replace gender-specific maternity leave with gender-neutral leave.
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Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
Initiatives like federally mandated paid parental leave, more equal paternity and maternity leave, and affordable childcare would help to facilitate this growth.
—Rocio Wu, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The latest example is super mom Brittany Pettersen, a Democratic congressional representative for Colorado, who recently interrupted her maternity leave to travel to Washington D.C. to participate in an important vote for her party.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Feb. 2025
Our health insurance worked as intended, but cancer put my wife’s plan for returning to work after maternity leave on hold.
—Paul Thornton, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2025
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Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
Initiatives like federally mandated paid parental leave, more equal paternity and maternity leave, and affordable childcare would help to facilitate this growth.
—Rocio Wu, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The latest example is super mom Brittany Pettersen, a Democratic congressional representative for Colorado, who recently interrupted her maternity leave to travel to Washington D.C. to participate in an important vote for her party.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Feb. 2025
Our health insurance worked as intended, but cancer put my wife’s plan for returning to work after maternity leave on hold.
—Paul Thornton, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Maternity leave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maternity%20leave. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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