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Returning from maternity leave - can you change your work hours?
By Sara Mackenzie and Carrie Dunn on 12/06/2009 10:05:50
What can make your return to work from maternity leave easier? And can you request flexible working hours?
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
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Women who use surrogates fight for maternity leave
By Tessa Watkins on 28/10/2009 15:50:02
Ministers face legal challenge over barring women who use surrogates from receiving maternity pay
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
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Full pay maternity leave for 20 weeks - coming soon?
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 24/02/2010 13:25:41
Draft legislation passed, but some parties are concerned about the cost of extra maternity payments
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
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Grey’s Anatomy star takes 4 weeks maternity leave
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 22/03/2010 10:14:08
Ellen Pompeo, aka Meredith Grey, explains why she was back on the set of the US drama just four weeks after giving birth
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
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British dads are losing out
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 15/07/2009 13:07:34
Maternity and paternity leave and pay should be fairer, says think tank.
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
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Longer paternity leave - plans attacked
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 29/01/2010 12:43:55
Business leaders warn against the planned changes to maternity and paternity leave
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
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Norway is the best place to be a mum
By Liz Stansfield on 02/06/2010 12:39:39
Fancy good education, health and maternity leave? Head to Norway
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
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Your maternity rights explained
By Sara Mackenzie and Carrie Dunn on 21/04/2009 09:53:01
Telling your boss, requesting flexible hours and maternity leave – what are the rules when you're pregnant and working?
, 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
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Pregnant Natalie Cassidy criticises new mum Denise Van Outen for going back to work
By Kyrsty Hazell on 24/08/2010 12:56:34
Former EastEnders actress blasts DVO’s choice to cut her maternity leave short
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...
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Denise Van Outen – back to work two weeks after giving birth!
By Kyrsty Hazell on 16/06/2010 18:26:24
New mum DVO reveals she’s not taking any maternity leave as hubby Lee Mead plays stay-at-home daddy
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
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