The Effects of Maternity Leave

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The Effects of Maternity Leave HRA360 – Total Compensation Abstract The topic I have chosen for my research paper is on maternity. I would like to elaborate on the effects of maternity leave has on employers. The choices and/or consequences women have to endure when learning they are pregnant. The specific laws pertaining to maternity in which provides protection while working? Also, how women manage to juggle work and breastfeeding while having to return from leave. The reason I selected this topic is because I have been in this situation of working and being pregnant. I felt at times if I was making the right choice of continuing to work and what the effects would be on my child. Having to make a choice of how soon do I return to work after clearance from my doctor? “It took the United States until 1993 to mandate unpaid leave for new parents and other family and medical reasons. Joan Williams, a law professor at the University of California, Hastings, who specializes in work and family issuers, says that unpaid leave has helped, because it “protects hourly workers from being fired when they have a baby or need to care for a child or elder with a serious health condition.” But that doesn’t change the fact that “we need paid leave,” she says.”(Liebelson, 2014) The Effects of Maternity Leave The choices a mother has to consider when electing the option to have a child can be a cumbersome task. By the mother being employed puts a strain not only on her but the employer whom she is working for to replace someone to fulfill her duties. The choice of do I work while I am pregnant or after I have the baby do I return to work? The sense of guilt and of cheating your child you feel when having to work and not be home full time during the first year of their life. This is where most women struggle with the decision and some have no choice due to the financial
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