If you work at a big enough place, ask someone who has
already taken a maternity leave to show you how she does it.
Better still, if you have people at your work who've
already taken maternity leave, why not go to them for advice.
Not exact matches
Since employers
already offer
maternity leave, women faced less stigma for
taking advantage of programs intended to reduce their workloads — but doing so also derailed their careers.
Calgary - based Wilson says her EI
maternity and paternity
leave benefits, which max out at $ 547 per week before taxes, are
already going to be a drop from her regular paycheque, so the further reduction to
take 18 months may not work for her family's budget.
Michelle: I've unfortunately been told that more than once by more than one person and so when I hear comments... Oh, another example is somebody who had
taken a
maternity leave earlier in the year and then somebody came along later to her when she and her family were getting ready to
take a short beach vacation later in the summer and said, «Didn't you
already take a three month vacation this year?»