“I couldn’t afford to stop because I needed the money.” Her life would have been much easier had she had a right to maternity leave, paid by her employer. Under a new law in Belgium - the ...

Sex workers in Belgium are now entitled to formal employment contracts, which include sick pay and maternity leave, under a landmark law that went into effect Sunday. Under the law, which Belgian ...

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A labor contract will give sex workers of all genders, as it does other employees, broader access to the country’s robust social security system, including paid maternity leave and sick leave ...

Sex workers in Belgium will now be entitled to maternity pay, a pension, health insurance and other employment benefits under a new law that went into effect Sunday. The new law – passed by pols ...

Each trust also received a rating of ‘Much better’, ‘Better’, ‘Somewhat better’, ‘About the same’ ‘Somewhat worse’, ‘Worse’ or ‘Much worse’: More detailed information on the methodology is available ...

This survey looked at the experiences of pregnant women and new mothers who used NHS maternity services in 2024. Women who gave birth between 1 and 29 February 2024 (and during January if a trust did ...

New mothers are discharging themselves early from a “boiling” maternity ward in London that has caused women and babies to faint, according to a patient group. The “horrendous” conditions ...

Maternity Leave in India: Not many women know the benefits they get under the Maternity Benefit Act. This includes the maximum number of paid leave allowed, when the maternity leave starts, ...