The Latest Breaking News from maternity leave

Caroline Fairchild has interviewed Melinda Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, and Indra Nooyi about the struggles of working women. That didn't prepare her for maternity leave.

Clubs will pay full wages for first 14 weeks of pregnancy and statutory pay for first time

Lorraine Kelly says getting replaced by fellow presenter Anthea Turner while she was on maternity leave turned into a positive and changed her life for the better

Staff at a Queensland council will retain the right to maternity leave after a full bench of the industrial commission's ruled in the union's favour.

BBC Radio 1 has announced a shake-up to its schedule

A select and lucky few get to call National Trust properties their home

‘The problem with long maternity leaves is that you find yourself financially, psychologically and logistically on the back foot when you start to think about your return to work,’ Sarah Hesz, co-founder of childcare booking app Bubble, debates the pros and cons of taking time off after having a child

If a French MP is not physically at the National Assembly, he or she cannot vote on a bill – a situation that is being challenged with the rise in the number of female MPs, some of whom will take time off for maternity leave. One MP wants to change…

A woman has shared her upset after her boss and colleagues sent her 'horrible' messages while she's on maternity leave accusing her of faking her pregnancy and much worse

As the French National Assembly gets younger and more female, some lawmakers say it's time MPs on maternity leave were replaced. Opera singers bring love, tragedy and dialogue to French city streets with free concerts in unexpected places. And the man behind Paris' Wallace fountains, which turn 150 this year.

An employment tribunal found in favour of Siobhan Black, who lost her job four days after breaking the news to the owner of the Lanarkshire barber shop where she worked .