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From: whitehur@tymix.UUCP (Pamela K. Whitehurst)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Who's watching the kids?
Message-ID: <467@tymix.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 12:44:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: tymix.467
Posted: Fri Jul 19 12:44:44 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jul-85 11:58:36 EDT
References: <593@mtung.UUCP> <219@ihlpl.UUCP> <316@timeinc.UUCP>
Reply-To: whitehur@tymix.UUCP (Pamela K. Whitehurst)
Organization: Tymnet Inc., Cupertino CA
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Summary: 

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?
>

It isn't quite as great as it sounds.  A woman  who takes maternity leave
is covered by disability payments.  She must return to work when her
doctor decides she is physically capable.  In the cases I paid attention
to the women took off 6 weeks. The first 2-3 weeks were considered vacation
instead of disability because it paid more.

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           PKW 
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