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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And in her own company, a woman is taking maternity leave now; her baby is a month old, and Williams coos over photos of her newborn. —

Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024 Policymakers further relaxed limits on births in 2021, allowing three children, and ramped up efforts to encourage larger families, including strengthening maternity leave and offering tax deductions and other perks to families. —

Nectar Gan, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024 As one of the earliest Googlers — and the first to take maternity leave — Susan used her position to build a better workplace for everyone. —

Sean Hollister, The Verge, 10 Aug. 2024 The next month, when her maternity leave officially ended, Twitchen said nobody from First Grade got in touch to discuss her return to work. —

Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for maternity leave

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