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From: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison )
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Who's watching the kids?
Message-ID: <5508@tektronix.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 17:01:16 EDT
Article-I.D.: tektroni.5508
Posted: Wed Jul 17 17:01:16 1985
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Reply-To: moiram@tektronix.UUCP (Moira Mallison )
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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In article <316@timeinc.UUCP> greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) writes:
>
>Is it me, or does no one else realize that most states and employers 
>*allow* a women time off for "maternity leave" and are *forbidden* to
>discriminate against these women when they return to their place
>of employment?
>
>Men, of course, don't have the same rights.  So if a man takes time
>off to raise, or to help raise, his child, it hurts him more
>professionally than the women.

Well, here at Tek, the "maternity leave" is generally six weeks
(ie only until she is physically capable of working again).  Any time
the mother or father takes in addition is personal leave, and there are
no guarantees regarding a job when they return.

Moira Mallison
tektronix!moiram