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MATERNITY LEAVE, The Working Woman's Practical Guide to Combining Pregnancy, Motherhood & Career by Eileen Casey (ISBN 0-9631555-0-4 CIP 91-45065) is the ONLY book available that details EVERYTHING working women need to know from state laws & the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 to successfully negotiating your maternity leave with your employer. MATERNITY LEAVE tells readers how to prepare for their maternity leave both at work & at home, how to enjoy their maternity leave to the fullest & how to choose the best possible childcare. After returning to work, MATERNITY LEAVE also discusses the many problems working mothers face & offers solutions as well as various alternative work options such as job sharing, flextime, telecommuting, self-employment & part-time work to help balance motherhood & career. This upbeat, sensible book is packed with tips & anecdotes. MATERNITY LEAVE has a valuable resource guide, index & list of the fifty most "family friendly" companies in the U.S. The book concludes with suggestions of what working parents can do to help make business & government more sensitive to the needs of today's working families. A portion of the proceeds of this resourceful book are being donated to Parent Action, a national membership organization dedicated to speaking out for the neglected interests of working families & to promote sound family policy. MATERNITY LEAVE is a MUST for all libraries & bookstores!Casey, Eileen L. is the author of 'Maternity Leave: The Working Woman's Practical Guide to Combining Pregnancy, Motherhood and Career' with ISBN 9780963155511 and ISBN 0963155512.
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