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Yahoo LifeMeghan McCain shares first photos of baby Liberty Sage in return to 'The View': 'Motherhood is insane'
"It feels like having a little piece of my dad back," McCain said as she returned from maternity leave.
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This pregnant teacher is doing distance learning from her hospital bed: 'I chose to start the school year with the students'
A California elementary school teacher has been in the hospital for eight weeks thanks to a high-risk pregnancy — but is still teaching.
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Victoria's Secret model Behati Prinsloo took nearly three years off from work when she had children: ‘Not everybody has that luxury’
Behati Prinsloo talks about the luxury of her nearly three-year maternity leave, and why it's important for new moms to have time off.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: If Congress Gets 3 Months' Parental Leave, So Should Everyone
The freshman lawmaker emphasized that her ”‘unusual" leave policy applies to both mothers AND fathers on her staff.
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Adidas exec adds 'Mom on Maternity Leave' to her LinkedIn, calls it 'hands down the hardest job'
A new mom in Portland, Oregon, decided to update her LinkedIn to add the newest role she's taken on — motherhood.
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Ivanka Trump's Book Will Debut at No. 4 of 'New York Times' Best Seller List
Ivanka Trump’s new book will debut at No. 4 of the New York Times Best Seller list for advice books. Despite canceling her book tour and receiving scathing reviews, Ivanka Trump appears to have a best-seller on her hands. According to CNN, Women Who Work, which was released on May 2, will debut at No. 4 on next week’s New York Times Best Sellers list of advice and how-to books.
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Men Want Their Parental Leave, Too, Damn It
While only 21 percent of U.S. companies offer paid maternity leave, an even skimpier 17 percent grant paid paternity leave, according to data from the Society for Human Resource Management. Related: 12 Women on How to Ask for More Money at Work Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines say that companies can offer longer leaves to biological mothers than biological fathers for the purposes of physically recovering from childbirth (a time frame many courts recognize as six weeks). In one case described by the Times, Josh Levs, a former CNN correspondent, sued the company when they refused to grant him more leave after his daughter was born prematurely. The company policy was to give ten weeks for biological mothers but only two for biological fathers.