Essay On Paid Maternity Leave

Imagine you’re holding a baby in your hands, the little miracle has no idea of the value of time and money yet and you’re wondering how you’re going to afford anything. Having a child comes at a cost. The unfortunate thing about having a baby is not the sleep deprivation, but how the financial hardship that comes with time off affects individuals and families. An expecting mother, Lyndsay, was a teacher and had told her work she was due in August. The school still hadn’t found a temporary replacement when July came and decided that they would replace Lyndsay for the whole school year. Lyndsay then called the school to see what other jobs were available and the school offered her a floater job working 10-6 but she expressed her concern about

The stress that also comes with a loss of income can break up couples or families because the father is the sole provider. This stress can be avoided if companies provide paid maternity leave.
When companies provide paid maternity leave, it actually encourages a more loyal in employee. Google implemented paid maternity leave and saw positive results.
“When Google expanded its maternity leave program, the company found that women who took the new leave were "more productive and happier" when they came back to work. "The cost of having a mom out of the office for an extra couple of months was more than offset by the value of retaining her expertise and avoiding the cost of finding and training a new hire," Google VP Lazlo Bock wrote in Work Rules!, a book about business”(3).
Paid maternity leave will actually encourage women to come back to work and feel better about themselves and their employer. Women wouldn’t feel ashamed for having a family and knew they picked the right employer. A women will be more loyal to company that understands that having a family shouldn’t be hardship. With working women to be loyal with a company, then women tend to stay with the same company and their wages tend to grow at a higher