How Your Maternity Leave Is Different Than Your Mom's

Anna Bahney, Contributor, Forbes
Sat, 01/31/2015 - 2:40pm

There are more working women than ever before. Of the 123 million women in the U.S. 72 million, or 59 percent, are participating in the labor force. And, occasionally, they are pregnant. How is leave now different from that of prior generations?  Today more first time mothers are working during pregnancy, working closer to [...]

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