PDA "is triggered if [employers] either deny maternity leave or place conditions on maternity leave not placed on people taking other kinds of short-term disability leave," for example that granted to recover from surgery or an injury, she says.
With the exception of the U.S., all the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries provide paid leave for mothers, either through maternity or parental leave (or both; World Bank 2015).
Often times, women leave to have kids ― either because maternity leave is not a thing, or because they're penalized for taking it.
Deliveries were included if the record contained information about mode of delivery in either the maternity tail or the procedure fields (OPCS codes: R17 to R25).
Either way, modern maternity services need modern facilities too.
This prospective cohort study was a tertiary hospital-based study that enrolled neonates from one district, and TcB measurements were done either in the maternity unit or in the outpatient clinic [ 26].
This study is based on 11 981 singleton infants from the ALSPAC cohort, born after 36 weeks of gestation at either of the two major maternity units in the study area and alive at the age of 8.
Care Quality Commission inspections have rated 38% of maternity services either inadequate or requiring improvement.
While most employers said it was in their interests to support women who are either pregnant or on maternity leave (84%) and that pregnant women and mothers were as committed as other employees, a significant minority expressed negative views.
More specifically, we investigated whether the specialization would bring an effect on pregnant women choosing other maternity facilities, either positive or negative. .
