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Debate: Paid maternity leave
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Should we give a compulsary three months paid maternity leave to working mums? |
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Do working mothers need 3 months of maternity leave when having a baby? | |
Yes
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NoIt does not take three months to have a baby. Mothers really just need a few days off to have the baby, then a few weeks; maybe up to a month to look after the baby. After that, the parent should be able to return to work. It does not take three months just to have a baby. Women with important jobs can't afford to take too much time off. Women with important jobs that they can't take much time off if they want to keep their job, really shouldn't take too much time off work. It is not efficient. |
Can small businesses afford to pay someone for three months when they're not working? | |
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NoSmall businesses usually can't afford to pay someone who's not working for three months. If a mother working in a small business takes three months of paid maternity leave, most small business are small and can't afford to pay someone who isn't working. Not only will they have to pay someone who isn't working, but they'll have to hire someone else and pay them too for three months. Many businesses wouldn't be able to do this and unfortunately business profit would be effected negatively. For the government to enforce working mothers must get at least three months of paid maternity leave would not be look after business who the owners also have a family they need to provide for. |
Does maternity leave have to be paid? | |
YesMothers having a baby can't afford to stop getting an income for three months while they are forced to go on leave. In many cases, mothers have been forced to return to work during maternity leave because they don't have enough money. Most large companies can certainly afford to pay someone to go on necessary leave for three months and should. If they are not, they are making the mother and the family struggle with expenses and in some cases families have gone broke. News:
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