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I quit my 6-figure job to be a stay-at-home dad. After leaving California, we could afford to be a single-income family.
Michael Johnston quit his six-figure engineering job to be a stay-at-home dad after he and his wife…
Alexandra Frost
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I'm an American living in Spain. Both my husband and I had 4 months of paid parental leave, which helped us ease into parenthood.
I've lived in Spain for seven years and had my first child here. Both my husband and I got four mon…
Megan Lloyd
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A mom in Denmark was offered 1 year of paid parental leave but chose to come back to work early. She felt she had to show she was still valuable.
Mom-of-two Natalia Rogaczewska's employer gave her one year's maternity leave at full pay in Denmar…
Ella Hopkins
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I'm an employment lawyer. If you've been fired after taking maternity leave, you may be a discrimination victim.
An employment lawyer says if you're fired after getting pregnant or taking maternity leave, you mig…
Lauren Finney
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A friend called her maternity leave a 'holiday.' It made her realize just how much she got wrong about it, too.
"I was thinking to myself the first week: Oh my God, this is true physical labor," Samira Shihab, a…
Shubhangi Goel
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Laid-off Google employees may not get paid out for approved maternity or medical leave as severance terms deadline looms
Former staffers in a group called "Laid off on Leave" say Google isn't compensating them for approv…
Jordan Hart
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A Georgia state employee wore a fake pregnancy belly to get paid maternity leave, according to officials
Robin Folsom was indicted for faking multiple pregnancies in order to qualify for paid leave, Georg…
Stephen Jones
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I'll never regret living in Europe after giving birth. I got way better maternity leave and my American friends envied me.
Maternity leave in Europe was eye opening for a working mom who didn't feel supported or get any ti…
Robin Madell
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Meet a mom who got COVID-19 while pregnant and used paid leave when her kid had to quarantine 3 times
"We keep operating on the assumption that families and especially mothers will take on anything we …
Juliana Kaplan
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TikTok's European e-commerce chief has 'stepped back' from his role after saying that he didn't believe companies should offer maternity leave, report says
The controversy follows news that around 20 staffers at TikTok Shop in London have left the organiz…
Rosie Bradbury
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Top Senate Democrats say paid leave could help solve both the labor shortage and inflation and urge passage of Biden's big bill
If you want to get people back to work — and boost productivity to bring down inflation — Democrats…
Juliana Kaplan
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Meet a mom and teacher who hasn't been able to work because child care is so unpredictable: 'I was way behind on work and completely stressed, not sleeping'
"Domestic labor is labor," said Laura Danger, who has two children in addition to a full-time job. …
Juliana Kaplan
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I had a difficult pregnancy and complications afterward — and my options for maternity leave made everything far worse
"The whole time I was trying to heal and learn about motherhood, the acknowledgement I'd signed was…
Jacquelynn Kerubo
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One chart shows why more companies should invest in paid parental leave
A growing body of research indicates that employees with better benefits stay at companies longer a…
Marguerite Ward
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As a freelancer, I looked into how to get more maternity leave. These 4 things could give me extra time off.
A freelancer tried these methods to get more maternity leave. She didn't qualify for paid leave and…
Jen Glantz
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Ex-Salesforce employee says she was 'washing baby bottles' on maternity leave when she learned she was laid off
Ex-Salesforce employee McKenzie Gregory posted on LinkedIn about her surprise at learning parental …
Grace Mayer
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The $36 billion food giant Danone is giving its factory workers 18 weeks of paid parental leave
Danone North America's CEO Shane Grant said the new benefit is a 'growth move' for the business tha…
Marguerite Ward
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France wants to expand paid paternity leave to 28 days and make taking some of it mandatory
France currently offers new fathers 14 paid days off after a baby is born and the president would l…
Eleanor Goldberg Fox
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Paid family leave is one of the most glaring cuts in Biden's slimmed-down economic agenda, and it could leave women and families of color behind
"It's really critical to making sure that all women can participate in the workforce," Jocelyn Frye…
Madison Hoff,Juliana Kaplan
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10 countries that show just how behind the US is in paid parental leave for new mothers and fathers
Out of the world's 196 countries, the US and Papua New Guinea are the only ones that have no federa…