Maternity depart is a fancy factor, either in my view and professionally. And, in most cases, coverage differs from perform. according to interviews that spotlight the views and perceptions of recent moms, Maternity go away: coverage and Practice examines the disconnect among maternity depart coverage and perform. It provides the background and improvement of maternity depart regulations and similar laws, after which offers a clean standpoint for realizing via person interviews of ladies who lately applied maternity leave.

The e-book additionally examines issues and styles built from the interviews, similar to inconsistencies in management of maternity depart guidelines, timing, transition again to paintings, baby care, breastfeeding and pumping, and unmet wishes matters. It additionally offers a voice to people who are absent from the middle interviews—women who've young children at a tender age, males who make the most of paternity go away, ladies in same-sex relationships who begin households, and ladies who decide upon to not have kids. The publication highlights why a few colleagues might be unsupportive of the usage of maternity depart.

A single-source advisor to figuring out maternity go away, the e-book features a wealth of knowledge, together with an outline of laws relating to being pregnant and maternity depart; developments in start charges, fertility charges, employment styles, and the connection to the kinds of maternity depart provided and brought; concerns regarding maternal healthiness; a global comparability of rules; and functional innovations for coverage and organizational swap. It not just deals a finished and whole figuring out of the complexities of maternity depart, either in coverage and in perform, but additionally useful options for coverage and organizational change.