“Every time a women leaves the workforce because she can’t find or afford childcare, or she can’t work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family’s income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline. ”
- Madelieine May Kunin
Introduction
It has been long established that good maternity protection will result in economic benefits for that society. Such benefits will invariably ensure that the female members of our society can continue to contribute to a country’s economic growth while at the same time maintain the health of mothers and their children, the foundation of our society in the future.
We all live in an interconnected world and our humanity is advanced through incubation of the most important stages of our society, mother-infancy stage.
In an ever globalizing world with more and more businesses being able to operate with employees stationed from anywhere around the globe, more and more people begin to assess where they might want to enjoy the fruits of their labour (e.g. where they live and what environment they are surrounded by). Gone are the days when re-location is dictated by a job offer.
Amongst some of the more important things to consider, it is pivoted that maternity benefit (which will affect one’s employment contract, is the most important to consider. Conversely, companies can also decide where they might want to focus their talent pool at depending on what maternity...
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