maternity benefits
New-mother work payments
Maternity benefits are payments or services provided to women during pregnancy and after childbirth.
These typically include paid leave from work, medical coverage for prenatal care and delivery, and job protection during absence.
Benefits vary widely by country and employer: Her company offers twelve weeks of paid maternity benefits.
Some policies extend to adoption.
- job protectionSafeguards against unjust firing
- job securityProtected employment status
- back to workResuming one's occupation
- work-life balanceManaging career and home
- flexible schedulingAdjustable time arrangements
prenatal care · wage replacement · short-term disability · postnatal care · lactation support · childcare subsidies · unemployment insurance · parenting classes · family allowances · health insurance · pediatric care · new mom · peer support groups · allowances · disability insurance · neonatal intensive care · paid leave · time off
- benefitsadvantage, healthcare coverage, dental insurance, health screening, life insurance
- family welfarechild welfare, family allowances, family protection, child support, social services
- health insurancepremium, deductible, copay, coverage, health insurance card
- social benefitssocial assistance, unemployment insurance, income support, old-age pensions, public assistance
- social welfaresocial welfare, welfare state, welfare checks, social insurance, social spending
- women's benefitschildcare support, prenatal care, postnatal care, women workers, reproductive health
maternity benefitsunemployment benefits
State aid for jobless workers
disability benefits · severance pay · sick leave · retirement benefits · bereavement leave
maternity benefitspregnancy discrimination
Penalizing workers for expecting
no benefits · wrongful termination · unpaid leave · job loss · at-will employment