Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Maternity leave: the moral option


The signs are not good for Australian working women who have babies.

The Age published a letter proposing: "Now that pregnancy leave is a reality for most female members of the workforce, steps should be taken to protect the jobs of these women by halving their annual leave entitlements."

The writer, from Mornington, believed paid maternity leave was soon to become a reality for all women and that his plan, under which half of women's annual leave would be held in trust to be used when they became pregnant, would protect them from becoming "virtually unemployable".

See full Article.