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| Domain | Definition |
Labor | Leave to which a woman is entitled for a continuous period allocated before and/or after giving birth in accordance with national legislation and practice(Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19/10/92, OJ L 348/1). Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | Statutory leave for childbirth. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Period during which a female employee may not work. . . Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: MATERNITY LEAVESynonym: Parental leave. (additional references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Costa Rica | Women workers are entitled to four months of paid maternity leave. (references) |
Sri Lanka | In addition, female employees are entitled to 84 days fully paid maternity leave for the first two confinements. (references) | |
Botswana | This labor legislation controls minimum wages, length of the workweek, annual and maternity leave, hiring and termination. (references) | |
Political Economy | United Arab Emirates | The Government passed a law increasing maternity leave from 45 days to 6 months. (references) |
THE BAHAMAS | A 1988 law provides for maternity leave and the right to re-employment after childbirth. (references) | |
MEXICO | Legally required benefits include social security, medical care and pensions, individual worker housing and retirement accounts, substantial Christmas bonuses, paid vacations, profit sharing, maternity leave, and generous severance packages. (references) | |
Women | Netherlands | Women are eligible for 16 weeks of maternity leave with full pay. (references) |
Ireland | Parental leave does not affect a mother's right to maternity leave. (references) | |
Switzerland | Beginning in July, women in the Canton of Geneva were provided paid maternity leave. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Sri Lanka | Maternity leave is available for permanent and seasonal or part-time female workers. (references) |
Namibia | The law mandates 24 consecutive days of annual leave, at least 30 workdays of sick leave per year, and 3 months of unpaid maternity leave. (references) | |
South Africa | The law standardizes time-and-a-half pay for overtime, establishes a 45-hour workweek, and authorizes 4 months of maternity leave for women. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
maternity leave | 416 |
maternity leave law | 59 |
canada maternity leave | 30 |
california maternity leave | 26 |
maternity leave policy | 17 |
paid maternity leave | 14 |
maternity leave benefit | 11 |
maternity leave act | 10 |
massachusetts maternity leave | 5 |
maternity leave uk | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "MATERNITY LEAVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | barselsorlov. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | moederschapsverlof, zwangerschapsverlof, zwangerschaps-en bevallingsverlof, bevallingsrust. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | äitiysvapaa, äitiysloma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | congé de maternité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Mutterschaftsurlaub. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άδεια μητρότητας. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szülési szabadság. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | periodo di astensione, congedo di maternit . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "休 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さ"きゅう (tertiary, third class, third grade). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aternitymay eavelay licença por maternidade, licença maternidade, licença de parto. (various references) suspensión del contrato por parto, suspensión del contrato por maternidad, permiso por maternidad, licencia por maternidad, licencia de maternidad. (various references) mammaledighet (maternal leave), ledighet på grund av barnafödande, havandeskapsledighet. (various references) thời gian nghỉ đẻ, phép nghỉ đẻ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-e-i-l-m-n-r-t-t-v-y" | |
-2 letters: inveterately. | |
-3 letters: alternative, retentively. | |
-4 letters: alimentary, elementary, interleave, inveterate, revealment, revilement. | |
-5 letters: aliterate, alternate, altimeter, altimetry, amatively, animately, elaterite, emanative, intermale, intervale, letterman, lettermen, liveryman, liverymen, maternity, mentality, minelayer, ravelment, reanimate, retaliate, retentive, revetment, telemetry, terminate, ternately, tervalent, trivalent, ventilate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Synonyms 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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