Inadequacies and variations of maternity leave policies throughout the world: special focus on Bangladesh

There has been a dramatic increase in the representation of women in the workforce in Bangladesh and throughout the world. However, women face major hurdles in most parts of the world in their advancement in organizations as maternity leave and other benefits such as on site crèche or flextime are s...

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Main Author: Anam, Rumana Liza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BRAC University 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/409
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spelling 10361-4092019-09-29T05:47:14Z Inadequacies and variations of maternity leave policies throughout the world: special focus on Bangladesh Anam, Rumana Liza Maternity leave Equal employment oppotunity Day care centre Flextime Work-life balance There has been a dramatic increase in the representation of women in the workforce in Bangladesh and throughout the world. However, women face major hurdles in most parts of the world in their advancement in organizations as maternity leave and other benefits such as on site crèche or flextime are still not provided as per requirements. Thus women are falling behind in their careers throughout the world. There are also wide disparities in the benefits women get legally in different parts of the world. This review paper seeks to collect the answers to many questions about maternity leave heretofore largely un-addressed. 2010-10-10T05:50:26Z 2010-10-10T05:50:26Z 2008 Article http://hdl.handle.net/10361/409 en BRAC University Journal, BRAC University;Vol.5, No.1,pp. 93-98 application/pdf BRAC University
institution Brac University
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topic Maternity leave
Equal employment oppotunity
Day care centre
Flextime
Work-life balance
spellingShingle Maternity leave
Equal employment oppotunity
Day care centre
Flextime
Work-life balance
Anam, Rumana Liza
Inadequacies and variations of maternity leave policies throughout the world: special focus on Bangladesh
description There has been a dramatic increase in the representation of women in the workforce in Bangladesh and throughout the world. However, women face major hurdles in most parts of the world in their advancement in organizations as maternity leave and other benefits such as on site crèche or flextime are still not provided as per requirements. Thus women are falling behind in their careers throughout the world. There are also wide disparities in the benefits women get legally in different parts of the world. This review paper seeks to collect the answers to many questions about maternity leave heretofore largely un-addressed.
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title Inadequacies and variations of maternity leave policies throughout the world: special focus on Bangladesh
title_short Inadequacies and variations of maternity leave policies throughout the world: special focus on Bangladesh
title_full Inadequacies and variations of maternity leave policies throughout the world: special focus on Bangladesh
title_fullStr Inadequacies and variations of maternity leave policies throughout the world: special focus on Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Inadequacies and variations of maternity leave policies throughout the world: special focus on Bangladesh
title_sort inadequacies and variations of maternity leave policies throughout the world: special focus on bangladesh
publisher BRAC University
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