It’s now recognised that adjusting when you return to work from maternity leave can be difficult. ‘Keeping in touch’ days give the option of working up to 10 days during your maternity leave.Life coach Patricia Carswell recommends keeping in regular

Campaigners have called for a change in the law that bars women who use surrogate mums from receiving maternity leave. The Government published new guidelines on surrogacy last month, but didn’t tackle maternity pay.The guidelines only allow women

A draft legislation to extend fully paid maternity leave to 20 weeks across Europe has been passed by a committee of the European Parliament. This is up from the current European rules of 14 weeks fully paid leave.Right now in the UK you’re entitled

Self: “A lot of people couldn’t understand why I wouldn’t take my maternity leave.“I felt like I needed to work while I had this opportunity. The writers and producers were really gracious and wrote my scenes so I could preshoot them.”Ellen, who

forfeit their maternity pay. Also, those in casual and lower skilled jobs get the least pay and the least amount of maternity leave. Mums on £50,000 a year who take six months maternity leave get almost £8,000 from the taxpayer. Mums on the minimum wage

Changes to maternity and paternity leave, which will allow new mums to transfer the last half of their 12-month maternity leave to their baby’s dad, have been confirmed by the Government, reports the BBC.However, not everyone is jumping for joy

Norway has been named the country with the best conditions for being a mum by the State Of The World’s Mother report.It looked at 10 key factors including education, health, maternity leave and children’s wellbeing in 160 countries, with Norway

, and when you want to start your maternity leave – but you can change the date later as long as you give 28 days’ notice.Your employer may ask for your notice in writing, and also for a copy of Form MAT B1, which your doctor or midwife will give you

Poor Denise Van Outen. First of all the TV presenter and new mum found herself in the headlines after admitting that she gave up breastfeeding her baby daughter Betsy and now it seems that she is under scrutiny again – for going back to work.While it’s every new mum’s choice to h...

Brand new mum, TV presenter and actress Denise Van Outen is shunning any maternity leave by heading straight back to work – two weeks after giving birth to daughter Betsy.The 36-year-old revealed that she isn’t going to put her feet up