American women aren’t guaranteed paid maternity leave – and while co-workers are stepping up, that’s nothing to celebrate
It’s a tough time for believers in American exceptionalism, but patriots should take heart; in one area at least, America remains stubbornly unique: as the only country in the industrialized world that doesn’t mandate employers to offer paid maternity leave.
America is also the land of innovation, however, and women with approaching due dates will be tickled to hear that a new workplace trend has sprung up to help them. In the absence of actual employment rights, generous co-workers are giving pregnant women in their office an unusual baby shower gift – not swaddling blankets or the latest Ergo baby-carrier, but a few days of their unspent vacation. And get this: the even more generous bosses are allowing it!
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