American Exceptionalism! Dead Last in Paid Maternity Leave

The United States is the only industrialized country without a paid maternity leave law – ranking behind Bangladesh, which mandates 16 weeks.

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Rebecca Warren with son, Zach, and the office cat, Peanut. Warren,  executive director of the Monroe County Humane Association, brings her Zach to work each day [James Brosher/Al Jazeera]

 

 

About Barbara MacLean

Barbara MacLean has worked as an academic and career counselor at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), Merritt and West Valley Colleges and as a career counselor and manager of the Oakland One Stop Career Center, a public career and jobs center in partnership with EDD. She is a co-founder and editor of Planning Beyond Capitalism.

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