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The Latest Breaking News from maternity leave

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan to take ‘short’ maternity leave

She will become the second Cabinet minister to take maternity leave.

The Independent UK

Justice Minister Helen McEntee gives birth to second child

Fine Gael Minister Helen McEntee has welcomed a second son several weeks after taking maternity leave from her Cabinet position.

Irish Mirror

Minister considering bumper maternity leave payments of potentially €500 a week

Exclusive: This will be part of a move towards a new social welfare system which is moving towards what a source called 'exactly what it says on the tin'-style payments

Irish Mirror

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Coronation Street's Shona Platt exit storyline revealed amid Stephen murder fears

Corrie actor Jack P Shepherd has revealed how his co-star Julia Goulding’s character Shona Platt will leave the ITV soap, as she remains on maternity leave

Daily Mirror

ITV Emmerdale airs Vanessa Woodfield's heartbreaking exit scenes as Michelle takes soap break

Michelle is taking a break from the soap as she heads off on maternity leave after welcoming her second child

Leeds Live

Women on paid parental leave say banks routinely discriminate against them during loan applications

Women are struggling to get credit cards and loans on paid parental leave and they're blaming "archaic and outdated" banking policies as the reason why.

ABC News

Emmerdale spoiler reveals Michelle Hardwick's Vanessa exit as she leaves village

Pregnant Michelle Hardwick will leave Emmerdale as part of her maternity leave

Leeds Live

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I spent my entire career reporting on the world’s most powerful working mothers–but I am not prepared for maternity leave. Here’s why

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.

Fortune

Toni Duggan becomes first England footballer in Women’s Super League to take maternity leave

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

The Independent UK

Lorraine Kelly on Anthea Turner 'grudge' after losing job while on maternity leave

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

Daily Mirror

Paid maternity leave offers 'little benefit' to community, Queensland's Mareeba Shire Council says

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.

ABC News

Who is replacing Mollie King on BBC Radio 1?

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

Evening Standard

'I spent maternity leave in a grand country house'

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

Manchester Evening News

What’s the perfect length for parental leave?

‘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

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Radio France Internationale

Rethinking maternity leave for French lawmakers

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…

Daily Mirror

Woman feels 'attacked' as colleagues start rumour that she's faking her pregnancy

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

Radio France Internationale

Podcast: pregnant in parliament, opera in Paris' streets, Wallace fountains

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.

Glasgow Live

Hairdresser sacked after telling boss she was pregnant again while still on maternity leave

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 .

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Daily Mirror

Emmerdale's Amy Walsh explains brief return for soap's 50th amid Tracy's 'big news'

Emmerdale actress Amy Walsh will remain on maternity leave despite a brief comeback for her character Tracy Metcalfe, during the soap's 50th anniversary episodes

Daily Mirror

Boss under fire after sacking new mum who'd just returned from maternity leave

The boss admitted he would have loved to keep her on as well as the person who ended up replacing her, but in the end the cheaper labour of the new guy prevailed

The Conversation

12% of working women in South Africa are domestic workers – yet they don't receive proper maternity leave or pay

Most of the world’s domestic workers – (76%) – are women. They mainly do housework like cleaning, washing clothes, cooking and childcare, usually in private households. Domestic workers often have low incomes and are excluded from basic labour rights and employment benefits like pensions and paid leave.

The Hindu

Special maternity leave in case of infant death

Centre offers provision to employees

The Hindu

Familial relationships may take form of domestic, unmarried partnerships or queer relationship: SC

“The black letter of the law must not be relied upon to disadvantage families which are different from traditional ones,” the Bench said

The Guardian - AU

I was lucky to have a great GP. Then she went on maternity leave and my healthcare fell apart

There are no coordinators to help people navigate a system designed for occasional care, rather than for chronic illness

The Hindu

Working woman's statutory right to avail maternity leave cannot be just taken away: SC

According to rules, a female employee with less than two surviving children can seek maternity leave

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