{"id":20510,"date":"2019-10-24T10:16:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T10:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/?p=20510"},"modified":"2019-10-24T10:16:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T10:16:23","slug":"returning-work-maternity-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/en\/returning-work-maternity-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternity Leave Plans Help Reintegration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-fullwidth-1  fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-style: solid;border-top-style: solid;padding-bottom:20px;padding-top:20px;padding-left:;padding-right:;\"><style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">.fusion-fullwidth-1 {\r\n                            padding-left: px !important;\r\n                            padding-right: px !important;\r\n                        }<\/style><div class=\"fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-center fusion-title-size-one\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#c5acbe;\"><\/div><\/div><h1 class=\"title-heading-center\"><span style=\"color: #c5acbe;\">Reintegration After Maternity Leave<\/span><\/h1><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#c5acbe;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pregnancy and birth are a life-changing experience. For\u00a0<strong>working mothers,<\/strong>\u00a0challenges are even higher and the reintegration after maternity leave can be a period full of stress, doubts and concerns, not only about the newborn but also about returning to work. Being a full-time mother with a 9 to 5 job is not simple. But as a company, having maternity leave strategies not only helps the employee but also the company. Investing in maternity leave plans can have a positive impact on employer branding. It demonstrates that the company cares about its workers and that it is worried about strengthening gender equality and women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Investing in a good\u00a0<strong>maternity leave<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>plan\u00a0<\/strong>can smoothen the transition from maternity leave to work. It can include offering flexible work hours or even working from home. A study in the United Kingdom from 2018 showed that\u00a0<strong>one in five<\/strong>\u00a0working mothers had to quit their jobs because they were not offered flexible work after maternity leave.\u00a0<strong>Paid maternity leave<\/strong>\u00a0is another way companies found to help families be economically self-sufficient.\u00a0But just as those examples, working conditions might need to be adjusted when returning to work and managers should guide and support them as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Working mothers should also\u00a0<strong>set short and long-term goals,<\/strong>\u00a0like a 90-day plan, to assure an easy transition. Given that a working mum must juggle between her work and home responsibilities, she knows best about her availabilities and the challenges she is facing. The transition plan can make all the difference, by helping her prioritise tasks and reviewing goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even if measures are being taken, the transition to work is not always soft. A study in the United Kingdom from 2018, showed that\u00a0<strong>65%<\/strong>\u00a0of working mothers said that after maternity leave, they have to work harder to prove their worth in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In terms of legislation, some countries guarantee the\u00a0<strong>right to maternity leave;<\/strong>\u00a0others have not implemented it yet. In France, maternity leave is 16 weeks off and paid at an average of\u00a0<strong>94,2% of the salary<\/strong>. The US is the only developed country that does not guarantee the right to maternity leave.\u00a0Employers, Government and Legislators need to work on maternity leave policies and assure they help\u00a0<strong>integration<\/strong>\u00a0at work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Paternity leave<\/strong>\u00a0has also been gaining importance. EU institutions are discussing establishing a 10-day minimum paternity leave, for the whole EU. In countries like Spain and France, paternity leave is already an established right. In France, 7 in 10 fathers use it. .\u00a0The goal of this policy is also to decrease the gender equality gap. \u00a0Despite the positive benefits, including being more active in the early life of their children, a Deloitte\u2019s research from 2016, showed that 57% of men said that exercising their parental leave right was seen as a lack of commitment to their jobs. Companies should promote policies that fight this stigma and encourage paternity leave.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><u>References:<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Your Company Should Get Rid Of Its Maternity Leave Policy, August 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/marybethferrante\/2019\/08\/12\/your-company-should-get-rid-of-its-maternity-leave-policy\/#1558cc6b1fce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">How to Retain Employees Who Return From Maternity Leave, July 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/the-muse\/how-good-bosses-welcome-back-employees-maternity-leave.html?cid=search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inc.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">8 Ways To Retain Female Talent After Maternity Leave, June 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kaytiezimmerman\/2017\/06\/18\/8-ways-to-retain-female-talent-after-maternity-leave\/#43390ad27f2d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">And Equal Leave for All: Parental Leave Policies Are Changing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/principal\/and-equal-leave-for-all.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inc.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","myguten_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strammer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}