Google is already famed as an extremely benevolent employer, giving its workforce free food, free laundry and five months 'maternity leave on full pay.
Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.
"Not everyone needs to take maternity leave but with heartbreak, everyone needs time off, just like when you get sick," CEO Miki Hiradate said.
It's very difficult to demote somebody who has been standing in during maternity leave.
Ministers fear some of those being laid off are victims of discrimination by bosses seeking to avoid costs associated with the introduction of longer maternity leave and new flexible working rights.
Together long, low-paid maternity leave and short, low-paid paternity leave convey the message that it is primarily women who are responsible for the care of young children.
What's this company's policy on maternity leave?
Business Secretary Vince Cable and Home Secretary Theresa May condemned on 16th that Britain's existing maternity leave rules as "old-fashioned, inflexible and gender-biased".
I am six weeks into my maternity leave with my second child.
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