Sentence examples for asked for maternity from inspiring English sources

One remembers how on the same day she asked for maternity leave, there was so little time that she left the office for good.

"We didn't want to get thrown out on a technicality," Ackerman remembered, "so I officially asked for maternity leave, since that was what it was called, and part of the application was a statement from the doctor who delivered your baby.

"A young father came in recently asking for maternity pads for his wife who had just given birth.

She was told by the school's trustees that she was being "selfish" to ask for maternity leave, since this would mean that funding for other parts of the school would have to be cut back.

In addition, women are seen as more likely to ask for maternity leave than men, meaning that it is more difficult for them to obtain a well paying job, which has negative effects on female employment.

There are various societal pressures that combine to create the double burden, including some economic thinking of domestic work, thoughts about net household gain, and the perceived notion that women are more likely to ask for maternity leave than men.

Another pregnant friend asked for a maternity coat, but received a fleece poncho that could have enclosed four of her.

Even where healthcare providers were well aware of the religious practices and maternity care requirements of Muslim women, it was reported that such caregivers did not always take Muslim women's concerns seriously, and that in most cases such caregivers became angry any time women asked for their religious or maternity needs to be acknowledged and respected.

The HR department had formal policies to help them -- women asked for reduced work hours, took maternity leave, etc.

In 2012, she needed to solve a temporary cash-flow problem due to maternity leave so asked for investment on Peoplefund.it.it

If asked for a personal recommendation on how to modernise maternity services, "bacon and anaesthetists" would have been my reply.