Resources on maternity protection

  1. How to Ask for Maternity or Paternity Leave When Your Company Has No Policy

    15 April 2020

  2. © Tamiment Library/NY University 2024
    The Forgotten Origins of Paid Family Leave

    29 November 2019

  3. © Milena ViVenzio / Memories 2024
    The US doesn't offer paid family leave – but will that change in 2020?

    28 October 2019

  4. Paid maternity leave rising in the U.S. tech sector

    06 August 2015

    CNN reports on ILO research into paid maternity leave worldwide. Despite extended parental leave becoming the latest benefit that tech companies are using to compete for talented employees, parental leave in the United States still trails other developed countries.

  5. © Richard Lewisohn/Image Source 2024
    Maternity protection: Good for workers, good for small businesses

    20 October 2014

    Maternity protection and work-family measures can generate positive outcomes for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), says ILO Specialist Laura Addati.

  6. Women at work – where we are, where we want to be

    08 March 2014

    To mark International Women’s Day, the ILO reflects on the progress that has been made and what still needs to be done to achieve gender equality in the workplace. Follow two women, an Indian CEO and a US school teacher, whose experiences shed an interesting light on the common challenges facing women across the globe.