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Paid Maternity Leave Policies Could Be Costing Women Tech Jobs

  • 1.  Paid Maternity Leave Policies Could Be Costing Women Tech Jobs

    Posted 05-21-2025 11:26

    BALTIMORE, MD, May 22, 2025 – Well-intentioned employer-paid maternity leave policies may be the catalyst for the unintended consequence of costing women jobs in the technology workforce instead of boosting their participation, according to a groundbreaking study in the INFORMS journal Management Science.

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    Ashley Smith
    Public Relations Specialist
    INFORMS
    Baltimore MD
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