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'You had a baby, not a lobotomy' – returning to agency life after maternity leave

on Sep 8, 2020 | 0 comments

By Rebecca Stewart

Taking time off work to look after a new baby should be a time for any parent to cherish. However, with coronavirus restrictions having dominated most areas of day-to-day life since March, maternity leave across almost every industry has looked very different in 2020.

Pre-pandemic, research from MMB Magazine found that just 18% of women felt happy and confident about returning to work after maternity leave. 72% of these people worked at management level or above and 37% of the women questioned said organisational support was so damaging that they’d considered handing in their notice.

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Source: The Drum